Auricle

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Auricle has the following meanings:

  • A small conical pouch that projects from each atrium of the heart.
  • An older name for the left and right atria of the heart.
  • The external portion of the ear, the pinna.
  • In some grasses it is the name given to ear-like outgrowths at the junction of the leaf blade and the leaf sheath.

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