elephant ears
Flat carnival pastry
Elephant ears are large, flat pieces of fried dough dusted with cinnamon and sugar, sold at fairs and carnivals.
The name comes from their shape—round, thin, and floppy like an elephant's ear.
Regional names include funnel cake, beaver tails, and fry bread, though these differ slightly in preparation.
Elephant ears are also tropical plants with enormous heart-shaped leaves, popular in landscaping for their dramatic foliage.
Tropical tuber plant genus
- caladiumTropical plant, decorative leaves
- taroEdible tropical corm
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- perennialRecurring each year
rhizome · shade-loving · ornamental · houseplant · tropical · variegated · broadleaf · garden
Batter deep-cooked in fat
- cinnamon sugarSweetener blended with bark spice
- powdered sugarFinely ground sweetener
- state fairAnnual agricultural exhibition with rides
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
funnel cake · deep-fried · crispy · golden · sweet · treat · snack · concession
colocasia
Tropical tuber plant genus
perennial · rhizome · shade-loving · ornamental · houseplant · tropical · variegated · broadleaf · garden · landscaping
fried dough
Batter deep-cooked in fat
- cinnamon sugarSweetener blended with bark spice
- powdered sugarFinely ground sweetener
- state fairAnnual agricultural exhibition with rides
carnival · funnel cake · deep-fried · crispy · golden · sweet · treat · snack · concession · midway
pachyderm
Thick-skinned hoofed mammal
wrinkled · floppy · large · mammal · Africa · Asia · safari · zoo · hearing · flapping
- fried doughdonut, donuts, doughnut, doughnuts, beignet
- fair foodfunnel cake, corn dogs, cotton candy, turkey leg, kettle corn
- garden plantsazalea, roses, ferns, daffodil, marigolds
- tropical plantshibiscus, bougainvillea, frangipani, mahogany, palm trees
- earsear, ear canal, inner ear, middle ear, outer ear
- Saxifragessaxifrage, rockfoil
elephant earsdonut holes
Spherical fried dough bites
munchkins · petit fours · cake pops · thumbprint cookies · ladyfingers
elephant earsmaidenhair fern
Delicate foliage plant
moss · Irish moss · asparagus fern · sedge
elephant earscelery sticks
Cut stalks for snacking
carrot sticks · kale chips · fruit salad · rice cakes · granola
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