Meanings
plural auriculae · plural auriculas
- anatomyA small conical pouch projecting from either atrium of the heart.
Synonyms: atrial appendage, auricular appendix, auricle
- biologyA pronounced thickening at the corner of a trilete spore, beyond the end of the laesura.
Synonyms: valva
- pluralagricultureAn ornamental primrose (Primula auricula)
Réné came on quietly, his trowel in one hand, some auricula roots in the other.
1919, Michael Wood, The White Island, page 122Synonyms: bear's ear
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small conical pouch projecting from either atrium of the heart.
nounA pronounced thickening at the corner of a trilete spore, beyond the end of the laesura.
nounAn ornamental primrose (Primula auricula)
More synonyms by meaning
nounyellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated
nouna pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinauricula“external ear; ear”
- Englishauricula
Unadapted borrowing from Latin auricula (“external ear; ear”). Doublet of auricle.
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