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Auricula   Listen
noun
Auricula  n.  (pl. L. auriculae, E. auriculas)  
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear.
(b)
A species of Hirneola (Hirneola auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judae, or Jew's-ear.
2.
(Zool.)
(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.






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"Auricula" Quotes from Famous Books



... thread, and the whole plant is thickly covered with a mealy substance. So distinct in these respects is this lovely species that, with, perhaps, one exception, it may easily be identified from all others, P. auricula marginata being the one that most resembles it, that species also being edged and densely covered with farina, but its foliage is larger, not toothed, ...
— Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers - Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, - Rockeries, and Shrubberies. • John Wood



Words linked to "Auricula" :   Auricularia auricula, pocket, Primula auricula, atrium cordis, auricula atrii, primula



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