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Webster 1828 Edition


Auriculate

AURIC'ULATE

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Adj.
Shaped like the ear.

Definition 2024


auriculate

auriculate

English

Adjective

The leaves of wheat are auriculate; there is an auricle at each side where the lamina and sheath of the leaf join.

auriculate (comparative more auriculate, superlative most auriculate)

  1. Alternative spelling of auriculated
  2. (botany, of leaves) Having two lobes, often curved, often near the the base.

References

  • auriculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Adjective

auriculāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of auriculātus