auricula Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated
    bear's ear; Primula auricula.
  2. noun a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart
    auricular appendix; auricular appendage.

WordNet

Au*ric"u*la noun
Etymology
L. auricula. See Auricle.
Wordforms
plural L Auriculæ E Auriculas
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear. (b) (b) A species of Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judæ, or Jew's-ear. P. Cyc.
  2. (Zoöl.) (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.

Webster 1913