auriculate
/ɔːˈrɪkjʊlət
/adjective chiefly Botany & Zoology
Having one or more structures shaped like an ear or ear lobe.Under favorable conditions each rosette produces one flowering stem up to 3 meters in height, with numerous auriculate clasping leaves....
- The leaves are distinctive among our cardamines in having auriculate leaf bases.
- The Famatina specimens are assigned herein to a new species on the basis of their transverse outline and long, auriculate cardinal extremities.
Origin
Early 18th century: from Latin auricula 'external part of the ear' (diminutive of auris 'ear') + -ate2.