auriculate

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English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt

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)

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

Derived terms

Translations

of leaf base, having two lobes

Finnish: lehtikorvakkeellinen

References

“auriculate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Adjective

auriculāte

vocative masculine singular of auriculātus

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