Found 2 items, similar to Caruncle.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: caruncle
caruncle
n : an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or
a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds [syn:
caruncula]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Caruncle
Caruncle
\Car"un*cle\, ||Caruncula
\Ca*run"cu*la\, n. [L.
caruncula a little piece of flesh, dim. of caro flesh.]
1. (Anat.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence;
especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula
lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.
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2. (Bot.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the
hilum of a seed.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a
bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.
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