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