Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having auricles: Possessing or characterized by ear-like parts, lobes, or appendages. This term is primarily used in botany and zoology to describe the shape of leaves, organs, or structures that have small, rounded, ear-shaped projections at their base.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The plant's leaves are distinctly auriculate at the base, clasping the stem.
  • The auriculate appendages of the seed pod aid in its dispersal by wind.

Advanced Usage

• "auriculate-clasping": A more specific botanical description where the ear-like lobes (auricles) of a leaf base partially or fully wrap around the stem.
  • The auriculate-clasping leaf base is a key identifying feature of this species.

Variants and Related Words

• Auricle (noun): A small, ear-shaped part, lobe, or appendage. In botany, it refers to the ear-like projections at the base of some leaves or petals. In anatomy, it refers to the external part of the ear or an atrium of the heart.

  • The auricles of the leaf are visible under magnification.

• Auriculated (adjective): An alternative, less common form meaning the same as "auriculate."

  • The auriculated sepals are a rare trait.

Synonyms

• Eared: Having ears or ear-like projections.
• Auriform: Shaped like an ear.

Antonyms

• Exauriculate: Lacking auricles.
• Non-auriculate: Not having ear-like appendages.

Adjective

1. having auricles