AURICULA

auricula. Auricula, n. a beautiful kind of rose

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‖Au‐ric″u‐la (�), n.; pl. L. Auriculæ (�), E. Auriculas (�). [[L. auricula. See Auricle.]] 1. 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 (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judæ, or Jew's-ear. P. Cyc.
2. 2. (Zoöl.) (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.