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CAULIFLOWER EAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cauliflower ear mean?
• CAULIFLOWER EAR (noun)
The noun CAULIFLOWER EAR has 1 sense:
1. an auricle deformed by injury; common among boxers
Familiarity information: CAULIFLOWER EAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An auricle deformed by injury; common among boxers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("cauliflower ear" is a kind of...):
auricle; ear; pinna (the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear)
Context examples
It never went entirely back to its normal shape, and was called a “cauliflower ear” by the sailors.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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