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A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear.

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  1. n. A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear.
  2. n. A species of Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judae, or Jew's-ear.
  3. n. A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish
  4. n. One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.
  5. n. yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated
  6. n. a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart
  7. 1. (Bot.) (a) A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear. (b) (b) A species of Hirneola (H. auricula), a membranaceous fungus, called also auricula Judæ, or Jew's-ear. P. Cyc. 2. (Zoöl.) (a) A genus of air-breathing mollusks mostly found near the sea, where the water is brackish (b) One of the five arched processes of the shell around the jaws of a sea urchin.
  8. n yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated n a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart