A plant with flowers shaped like ears, or a plant whose leaves resemble an ear shape.
From 'ear' + 'flower,' a descriptive compound naming plants based on the ear-like appearance of their flowers or leaves.
Plant names based on body parts are super common in nature—we also have 'heart-flower,' 'bird's-foot,' and 'monkey-face orchid'—because medieval herbalists thought these similarities were magical signs of what the plants could cure!
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