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Auricula definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AURIC'ULA, n. That species of primrose, called, from the shape of its leaves, bear's ear.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated [syn: auricula, bear's ear, Primula auricula]
2: a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart [syn: auricula, auricular appendage, auricular appendix]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, external ear Date: 1655 a yellow-flowered Alpine primrose (Primula auricula)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a primula, Primula auricula, with leaves shaped like bears' ears. Etymology: L, dimin. of auris ear

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Auricula Au*ric"u*la, n.; pl. L. Auricul[ae], E. Auriculas. [L. auricula. See Auricle.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear. (b) (b) A species of Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Jud[ae], or Jew's-ear. --P. Cyc. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish (b) One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.