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Auricula

noun

(pl. L. auriculae, E. auriculas)

Yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated. Synonyms: bear's ear, Primula auricula.

A pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart. Synonyms: auricular appendage, auricular appendix.

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"Auricula" Quotes from Famous Books

... foliage has a bold margin, as if stitched with white silken 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, and its ...

— Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers - Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, - Rockeries, and Shrubberies. • John Wood

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Words linked to "Auricula" : pouch, pocket, primrose, atrium cordis, primula, atrium of the heart