AURICULARIA

Auricularia, genus Auricularia

(noun) type genus of the Auriculariaceae

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Au*ric`u*la"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [Neut. pl., fr. LL. auricularis.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A kind of holothurian larva, with soft, blunt appendages. See Illustration in Appendix.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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7 January 2025

UNINFORMATIVELY

(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”


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Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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