Auricula definition

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auriculae auriculas
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A central European primrose (Primula auricula) having yellow flowers grouped in umbels.
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Any of numerous hybrids of this species with other primroses, widely cultivated for their showy flowers in many different colors.
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A species of primrose (Primula auricula) with leaves shaped like a bear's ear.
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(anatomy) The external part of the ear.
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(anatomy) A small conical pouch projecting from either atrium of the heart.
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(palynology) A pronounced thickening at the corner of a trilete spore, beyond the end of the laesura.
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(horticulture, plural: auriculas) The ornamental primrose Primula auricula.
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Singular:
auricula
Plural:
auriculas

Origin of auricula

  • Latin auricle auricle

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin auricula

    From Wiktionary

Auricula Sentence Examples

  • Prasinidae.-Shell inequilateral, with anterior umbones and prominent anterior auricula; cardinal border arched..

  • Auricula is confined to the East Indies and Peru.

  • Sow in the second and the last week, on a warm border of a light sandy soil, with an east aspect, any free-flowering hardy annuals as Silene pendula, Nemophila, &c., for planting in spring; and auricula and primula seeds in pots and boxes.

  • When the peduncle proceeds from radical leaves, that is, from an axis which is so shortened as to bring the leaves close together in the form of a cluster, as in the primrose, auricula or hyacinth, it is termed a scape.

  • The calyx is marked c. also the case with the Ranunculus, the auricula and the carnation.

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