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wood ear

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An edible fungus in the genus Auricularia, shaped like an ear and growing on wood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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History

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 木耳 (mù'ěr)

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: judasoor — black fungus
  • Catalan: orella de Judes — black fungus
  • Chinese Cantonese: 雲耳 /云耳 (wan4 ji5) — black fungus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 木耳 (mù'ěr) — black fungus
  • Dutch: judasoor — black fungus
  • Finnish: juudaksenkorva — black fungus
  • French: oreille de Judas — black fungus
  • German: Judasohr — black fungus
  • Hungarian: júdásfüle — black fungus
  • Japanese: 木耳 (kikurage) — black fungus
  • Korean: 목이버섯 (mogibeoseot) — black fungus
  • Laz: კამპარუჯი (ǩamp̌aruci) — black fungus
  • Lokono: barati-jike — black fungus
  • Lokono: duli-jike — black fungus
  • Portuguese: orelha-de-judas — black fungus
  • Russian: иу́дино у́хо (iúdino úxo) — black fungus
  • Russian: аурикуля́рия (aurikuljárija) — black fungus
  • Spanish: oreja de Judas — black fungus
  • Vietnamese: mộc nhĩ — black fungus
  • Vietnamese: mộc nhĩ đen — black fungus
  • Vietnamese: nấm mèo — black fungus