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)

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

Translations

of leaf base, having two lobes

• Finnish: lehtikorvakkeellinen
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References

• “auriculate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) auriculāte

1. vocative masculine singular of auriculātus