jew's-ear

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von jew's-ear im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

yenilir bir mantar

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von jew's-ear im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A kind of edible fungus growing on tree-trunks, formerly used for medicinal purposes

Over the hearth hang bunches of drying mushrooms, the thin, curling kind they call jew's-ears, which have grown on the elder trees since Judas hanged himself on one; this is the kind of lore he tells me, tempting my half-belief.

widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood

Etymologie

() A mistranslation of mediaeval Latin auricula Judae (“Judas's ear”), from its shape, and its occurrence on the tree on which Judas Iscariot was supposed to have hanged himself.