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auricula
/ ɔːˈrɪkjʊlə /
noun
- Also calledbear's-ear a widely cultivated alpine primrose, Primula auricula, with leaves shaped like a bear's ear
- another word for auricle
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Word History and Origins
Origin of auricula1
C17: from New Latin, from Latin: external ear; see auricle
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Example Sentences
This genus of minute land shells differs from Auricula chiefly in the soft parts.
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A genus proposed by Lamarck, to include the small, conical species of Auricula, which have the outer lip simple.
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There really is no need of artificial heat, for the Auricula is a mountaineer, and can endure both frost and snow.
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But we do not know any seed—not even the Auricula—which takes more time and is so capricious in germinating.
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Morion (an unnatural compound of Eburna, Auricula proper, Pythia, &c.).
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