Botanical

• A plant with leaves shaped like an elephant's ear, with large, thick leaves.
  • Several related genera in the family Araceae
    Araceae
    Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe or leaf-like bract. Also known as the Arum family, members are often colloquially...
    
     (Arums):
    • Alocasia
      Alocasia
      Alocasia is a genus of broad-leaved rhizomatous or tuberous perennials from the Family Araceae. There are 78 species of Alocasia occurring in Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Eastern Australia and widely cultivated in Oceania and South America. The large cordate or sagittate leaves grow to a length...
      
      , occurring in Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Eastern Australia and widely cultivated in Oceania and South America.
    • Caladium
      Caladium
      Caladium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. They are often known by the common name elephant ear , Heart of Jesus, and Angel Wings...
      
      , ornamental plants with arrowhead-shaped leaves originally from South America but widely cultivated
    • Colocasia
      Colocasia
      Colocasia is a genus of 25 or more species of flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to tropical Polynesia and southeastern Asia. Common names include Elephant-ear, Taro, Cocoyam, Dasheen,Chembu, and Eddoe...
      
      (taro), native to tropical Polynesia and southeastern Asia.
    • Xanthosoma
      Xanthosoma
      Xanthosoma is a genus of about 50 species of tropical and sub-tropical arums in the flowering plant family, Araceae, all native to tropical America...
      
      , a native to tropical America with several species being grown for their starchy corms, an important food staple
  • The immature (first year) form of the temperate Old World biennial plant, burdock
    Burdock
    Burdock is any of a group of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium, family Asteraceae. Native to the Old World, several species have been widely introduced worldwide....
    
    , a thistle in the genus Arctium
  • A name for the central Asian plant genus Bergenia , especially Bergenia crassifolia
    Bergenia crassifolia
    Bergenia crassifolia, the badan, Siberian tea, Mongolian tea, leather bergenia, winter-blooming bergenia, heartleaf bergenia, elephant's ears or elephant-ears, is a plant species in the genus Bergenia. It is about 12 inches tall. The leaves are spoon-shaped. One cultivar is Bergenia...
    
    , in the family Saxifragaceae which is widely cultivated as a shade loving flowering garden plant in temperate zones.

Culinary

• Elephant ear (doughnut) — sold at carnivals in the northern US and Canada
• Palmier
  Palmier
  A palm tree or elephant ear is a German , Spanish, French, Italian, Jewish, and Portuguese pastry in a palm shape or a butterfly shape, sometimes called palm leaves, elephant ears, french hearts or glasses...