auricula

  1. Noun.  (anatomy) The external part of the ear.
  2. Noun.  (anatomy) A small conical pouch projecting from either atrium of the heart.
  3. Noun.  (palynology) A pronounced thickening at the corner of a trilete spore, beyond the end of the laesura.
  4. Noun.  (gardening, plural: auriculas) The ornamental primrose ''Primula auricula''.

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