auriculate

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlɪt

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.

Derived terms

• biauriculate
• uniauriculate

 

Translations

of leaf base, having two lobes

• Finnish: lehtikorvakkeellinen

References

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

Latin

Adjective

auriculāte

1. vocative masculine singular of auriculātus