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

Dombrain, H. H., on the auricula, ii. 346-347.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

North Wind grew very small indeed, so small that she could not have blown the dust off a dusty miller, as the Scotch children call a yellow auricula.

From At the Back of the North Wind by MacDonald, George

She was the very daisy, primrose, tuberose, sweet brier, furze blossom, gilliflower, wall flower, cauliflower, auricula, and rosemary!

From English as She is Wrote Showing Curious Ways in which the English Language may be made to Convey Ideas or obscure them. by Anonymous

But they differ in an anomalous manner from the equal-styled plants of P. auricula in being extremely sterile with their own pollen.

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

Every year I divide Michaelmas Daisies, Goldenrod, Helianthus, Phlox, Chrysanthemum maximum, Helenium pumilum, Pyrethrum uliginosum, Anthemis tinctoria, Monarda, Lychnis, Primula, except P. denticulata, rosea, and auricula, which stand two years.

From Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur by Jekyll, Gertrude