Any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries.
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Examples for "alocasia"
Examples for "alocasia"
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Spur wore a palm leaf the size of an elephant ear.
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We wandered around and ate elephant ears and saltwater taffy and lemon shakeups, all of that festival stuff.
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My next comment was cut off as I threw the elevator switch and the elephant ears flapped above me.
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The corn meal after being mixed was wrapped in tannion leaves ( elephant ears) and placed in hot coals.
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It seemed to him that the huge elephant ears lifted their dew-weighted leaves and shook themselves in the gentle wind.
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The scabbards were strengthened by an extra covering, formed of the skin of the elephant's ear.
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The fifth was a very tall man, and he chanced to take hold of the elephant's ear.
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This is of a rounder shape than those of the palm, it is an elephant's ear among the foliage.
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In the centre of the circle was the chief dancer, who wore, suspended from his shoulders, an immense drum, also covered with the elephant's ear.
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"Works just like an elephant's ear when the flies are thick," was the lad's somewhat inelegant comparison.