auriculate

American  

[aw-rik-yuh-lit, -leyt] / ɔˈrɪk yə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

1. having auricles or earlike parts.

2. shaped like an ear.

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auriculate British  

/ ɔːˈrɪkjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

1. having ears

2. botany having ear-shaped parts or appendages

3. Also: auriform.  shaped like an ear; auricular

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Other Word Forms

• auriculately adverb
• subauriculate adjective

Etymology

Origin of auriculate

1705–15; < Latin auricul- auricle + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The stem is attached at the concave margin, where the cap is auriculate and has a prominent boss or elevation, and bent at right angles with a characteristic curve.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

Stem-leaves auriculate-clasping or with winged-petiole-like base; involucre lax 42–45 Stem-leaves sessile, but rarely cordate or auriculate at base 36–41 § 1.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

A. Nòvi-Bélgii, L. Rarely tall; leaves oblong to linear-lanceolate, entire or sparsely serrate, the upper partly clasping and often somewhat auriculate; heads 4–5´´ long; rays bright blue-violet.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Annual, branching, 1–2° high, cinereous; leaves alternate, ovate or cordate to deltoid-lanceolate, the petioles mostly winged and auriculate at base; involucral scales linear, equal, foliaceous, spreading; rays numerous, fertile.—Kan. to Tex., and westward.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Leaves oblong-obovate or spatulate, auriculate at the base, glabrous, 8–20´ long; petals obovate-spatulate, with narrow claws, 4´ long.—Va. and Ky., along the Alleghanies, and southward.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa