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Auricle vs Lobule - What's the difference?

auricle | lobule |

In botany|lang=en terms the difference between auricle and lobule

is that auricle is (botany) any appendage in the shape of an earlobe while lobule is (botany) in liverworts with bilobed leaves, the smaller of the two lobes, sometimes modified to form a sac.

As nouns the difference between auricle and lobule

is that auricle is (anatomy) the outer ear or pinna while lobule is a small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.

auricle

English

(wikipedia auricle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) The outer ear or pinna.
  • (anatomy) An ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the heart.
  • (anatomy) An atrium, the smaller of the two types of chamber in the heart.
  • (botany) Any appendage in the shape of an earlobe.

    • Synonyms

    * (outer ear) pinna, pavilion

    Derived terms

    * auricled

    Related terms

    * auricular

    lobule

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small lobe; a subdivision of a lobe.
  • (botany) In liverworts with bilobed leaves, the smaller of the two lobes, sometimes modified to form a sac.
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    • The Jubulaceae have a leaf whose lobule', usually transformed into a water-sac, is normally very narrowly attached to the stem and to the dorsal lobe; indeed some ''Frullania'' taxa reproduce vegetatively by dropping the dorsal lobes, but not the '''lobules''', and ''Neohattoria'' has caducous ' lobules but persistent lobes.

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