1. Yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated
   "The auricula's bright blooms stood out in the rock garden"; "The Primula auricula's bright blooms stood out in the rock garden";
   - bear's ear, Primula auricula
    
2. A pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the heart
   "Blood clots can form in the auricula in atrial fibrillation";
   - auricular appendage, auricular appendix

Derived forms: auriculae

Type of: pocket, pouch, primrose, primula

Part of: atrium cordis, atrium of the heart

Encyclopedia: Auricula