Hypertext Webster Gateway: "caruncle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. (Bot.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the
hilum of a seed.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a
bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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