auricula

British  

/ ɔːˈrɪkjʊlə /

noun

1. Also called: bear's-ear.  a widely cultivated alpine primrose, Primula auricula, with leaves shaped like a bear's ear

2. another word for auricle

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Etymology

Origin of auricula

C17: from New Latin, from Latin: external ear; see _auricle

Example Sentences

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auricula

The mahdhaar-plant seldom exceeds four feet in height, the branches spread out widely, the leaves are thick, round, and broad; the blossom resembles our dark auricula.

From Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society by William Crooke

“Hegh, hegh, Miss! you’ll make yourself giddy, an’ tumble down i’ the dirt,” said Luke, the head miller, a tall, broad-shouldered man of forty, black-haired, subdued by a general mealiness, like an auricula.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 by Charles Herbert Sylvester

Sow auricula and polyanthus seeds in boxes, made of rough boards six inches deep, with holes at the bottom to run off the water.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton

We thus see that, with the exception of P. auricula, the long-styled flowers of all nine species are more fertile than the short-styled flowers, when both forms are illegitimately fertilised.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin

Judging from the size of the pollen-grains, these plants owe their structure, as in the case of P. auricula, to the abnormal elongation of the stamens of the long-styled form.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin