bear's-ear

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The common name in England of the auricula, Primula Auricula, from its early Latin name, ursi auricula, given in allusion to the shape of its leaf.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Bot.) A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the shape of the leaf.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly cultivated