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

Whether P. auricula really differs from the other species in this respect I can form no opinion, as the result may have been accidental.

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

Nor did the short-styled P. hirsuta when fertilised legitimately and illegitimately with the pollen of the two forms of P. auricula.

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

There are auricula clubs and societies in the north of England.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various

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 Darwin, Charles

By the first standard, the fertility of the two legitimate unions of the auricula is to that of the two illegitimate unions as 100 to 80; and by the second standard as 100 to 15.

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