a large, flat, sugared pastry somewhat resembling an elephant's ear in shape.
Origin
1905-10, for an earlier sense
elephant's-ear
[el-uh-fuh nts-eer] /ˈɛl ə fəntsˌɪər/
noun
1.
the taro.
Origin
1865-70, Americanism
British Dictionary definitions for elephant ears
elephant's-ear
noun
1.
any aroid plant of the genus Colocasia, of tropical Asia and Polynesia, having very large heart-shaped leaves: grown for ornament and for their edible tubers See also taro
2.
any of various cultivated begonias with large showy leaves