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AURICULA (auriculae)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does auricula mean?
• AURICULA (noun)
The noun AURICULA has 2 senses:
1. yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated
2. a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart
Familiarity information: AURICULA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
auricula; bear's ear; Primula auricula
Hypernyms ("auricula" is a kind of...):
primrose; primula (any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
auricula; auricular appendage; auricular appendix
Hypernyms ("auricula" is a kind of...):
pocket; pouch ((anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican))
Holonyms ("auricula" is a part of...):
atrium cordis; atrium of the heart (the upper chamber of each half of the heart)
Context examples
The external rim of the auricula (ear).
(Crus Helicis, NCI Thesaurus)
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