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 the base.

Translations

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

Latin

Adjective

auriculāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of auriculātus
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