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Caruncle

Caruncle Meaning & Definition
Caruncle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Caruncle?

[n] an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds

Synonyms | Synonyms for Caruncle: caruncula

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See Also | appendage | comb | lappet | outgrowth | process | wattle

Caruncle In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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