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| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. Widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood.[Wordnet]
2. A species of fungus (Hirneola Auricula-Judae, / Auricula), bearing some resemblance to the human ear.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Jew's-ear" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |