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auriform

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au·ri·form  (ôr-fôrm)
adj.
Shaped like an ear.
[Latin auris, ear; see ous- in Indo-European roots + -form.]
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Adj.1.auriform - having a shape resembling an ear
ear-like, ear-shaped
rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"
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Each valve or mericarp with two auriform wings spreading from an obovate thickened central body; veins irregular in course and spacing, with large areoles.
Phylogenetic distribution and identification of fin-winged fruits by Manchester, Steven R.; O'Leary, Elizabeth L. / The Botanical Review
 
 
 
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