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NOUN (2)

1. yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated;
[syn: auricula, bear's ear, Primula auricula]

2. a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart;
[syn: auricula, auricular appendage, auricular appendix]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Auricula \Au*ric"u*la\, n.; pl. L. Auricul[ae], E. Auriculas. [L. auricula. See Auricle.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear. (b) (b) A species of Hirneola (Hirneola auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Jud[ae], or Jew's-ear. --P. Cyc. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) (a) A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish. (b) One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

auricula n 1: yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated [syn: auricula, bear's ear, Primula auricula] 2: a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart [syn: auricula, auricular appendage, auricular appendix]