Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having ears or auricles; having appendages resembling ears; in botany, same as
auriculate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having ear-shaped appendages or lobes; auriculate.
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- adjective botany
auriculate
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Examples
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The _leaf-blade_ is very long 1/6 to 1/4 inch broad, auricled at the base, narrowed into very finely acuminate or capillary tips midrib prominent; scaberulous on both the surfaces and with long hairs on the auricles.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The _leaf-sheath_ is smooth or sparsely hairy, compressed and shortly auricled or not at the mouth.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The _leaf-sheath_ is loose, glabrous and auricled.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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Pinnæ broadly lanceolate-falcate or the lowest triangular, strongly auricled on the upper side, densely spinulose-toothed.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Pinnæ sub-opposite, divergent, narrowly oblong, obtuse; base truncate, cordate or clasping, occasionally auricled; lower pinnæ often with orbicular or cordate pinnules.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Fronds thick and leathery, oblong-lanceolate from an auricled, heart-shaped base, ten to twenty inches long and one to two inches wide.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Pinnæ opposite, oblong, entire or finely crenate, and auricled at the base.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Pinnæ linear-lanceolate, scythe-shaped, auricled on the upper side, and with bristly teeth; fertile pinnæ contracted toward the top, bearing two rows of sori, which soon become confluent and cover the entire surface.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Pinnæ scarcely an inch long, the lower ones very much shorter, alternate, spreading, finely serrate or incised, the base auricled.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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