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pig's ears

pig's ears

9.1
An edible brown mushroom shaped like a pig's ear
  • noun
  • /pɪɡz ɪrz/
translation icon : orejas de cerdo
  • She foraged for pig's ears to add to her mushroom stew.

Examples

  • The forest floor was dotted with pig's ears after the heavy rain.

  • Experts warn that some lookalikes of pig's ears are not edible.

  • I found some pig's ears at the local market.

  • Have you ever tried pig's ears in your cooking?

  • She foraged for pig's ears to add to her mushroom stew.

  • The forest floor was dotted with pig's ears after the heavy rain.

  • Experts warn that some lookalikes of pig's ears are not edible.

Synonyms

Jew's-ear
vspig's ears
  • UK
9.9

A brown ear-shaped edible mushroom that grows on dead wood and is used in Asian cooking

is described with a rounded animal-ear shape and brown often compound body
Auricularia auricula
vspig's ears
  • Specialized
9.4

A brown ear-shaped fungus you can eat that grows on dead wood and is used in Asian cooking

is a general descriptive term focusing on brown compound earlike bodies
ear fungus
vspig's ears
7.3

A small edible mushroom shaped like a thin ear that grows on dead wood

is a specific common name stressing brown often compound earlike bodies

Surface Forms

pig's ears singular
pig's ears plural
pig's ear singular

Morphology

pig's + ears

The label relies on a straightforward resemblance relation: a learner who knows 'pig' and 'ear' can infer the referent is something shaped like a pig's ear. However, the specific identification as an edible mushroom (a conventional, lexicalized name for a particular fungus) is not fully predictable from the parts, so the transparency is partial.

Etymology

Pig's ears may come from the mushroom's shape: its brown, folded top looks like a small pig's ear on the forest floor. That's why people call this 'edible' mushroom pig's ears.