Auricula Definition

ô-rĭkyə-lə
auriculae, auriculas
noun
auriculas
A central European primrose (Primula auricula) having yellow flowers grouped in umbels.
American Heritage
A species of primrose (Primula auricula) with leaves shaped like a bear's ear.
Webster's New World
Any of numerous hybrids of this species with other primroses, widely cultivated for their showy flowers in many different colors.
American Heritage

Auricle.

Webster's New World
(anatomy) The external part of the ear.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Primula auricula
  • bear's ear
  • auricular appendix
  • auricular appendage

Other Word Forms of Auricula

Noun

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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