auriculate

English

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

Translations

of leaf base, having two lobes

Finnish: lehtikorvakkeellinen

References

auriculate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Adjective

auriculāte

vocative masculine singular of auriculātus

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