auriculate, ppl. a.
(ɔːˈrɪkjʊlət)
[f. L. auricula auricle + -ate2.]
Furnished with auricles or ear-like appendages.
1. Bot. Of leaves: Having at the base a pair of small, blunt projections, shaped like the lower lobe of the human ear.
| 1713 Petiver in Phil. Trans. XXVIII. 54 With auriculate Leaves. 1857 Henfrey Elem. Bot. §88 If a sessile leaf has a cordate base, it becomes auriculate or eared. |
2. Conch. Having an ear-shaped projection or process on one or both sides of the umbones or bosses, as in certain bivalves.
| 1854 Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 233 Producta..shell free, auriculate. 1872 Nicholson Palæont. 211 The shell is auriculate, or furnished with ear-like expansions. |