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Trilete vs Auricula - What's the difference?

trilete | auricula |

As an adjective trilete

is (botany|of a spore) having three lines indicating the splitting axes.

As a noun auricula is

(anatomy) the external part of the ear.

trilete

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (botany, of a spore) Having three lines indicating the splitting axes

    • Related terms

    * monolete

    auricula

    English

    Noun

    (auriculae)
  • (anatomy) The external part of the ear
  • (anatomy) A small conical pouch projecting from either atrium of the heart
  • (palynology) A pronounced thickening at the corner of a trilete spore, beyond the end of the laesura
  • The ornamental primrose
  • * {{quote-book, 1919, Michael Wood, The White Island citation
    • , passage=Réné came on quietly, his trowel in one hand, some auricula roots in the other.}}

    Synonyms

    * (external part of the ear) pinna, auricle * (pouch projecting from the atrium) atrial appendage, auricular appendix, auricle * (thickening of a trilete spore) valva * (primrose) bear's ear, Auricula

    Related terms

    * auricular * auriculate ----