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auriculate

The correct spelling is auriculate.

How to pronounce auriculate

adjective

Say it like: Aur-icu-lat-e

The correct spelling is auriculate. (of leaves) Having two lobes, often curved, often near the base.

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Definition

adjective

  1. 1.(of leaves) Having two lobes, often curved, often near the base.
  2. 2.Having ears or appendages like ears; eared.
  3. 3.Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auriculate.
  4. 4.Having an angular projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc.

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