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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 cultivatedplay

2. a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heartplay

  Familiarity information: AURICULA used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AURICULA (noun)


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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