Found 2 items, similar to Caruncula.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: caruncula caruncula n : an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds [syn: caruncle]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Caruncula 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc. [1913 Webster]