caruncle(n = noun.body) caruncula - an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds;
is a kind of appendage, outgrowth, process
has particulars: lappet, wattle
Derived forms adjective caruncular₁, adjective carunculous₁

1.  A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye. [1913 Webster]

2.  An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed. [1913 Webster]

3.  A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc. [1913 Webster]

caruncle, n.
1 Zool. a fleshy excrescence, e.g. a turkeycock's wattles or the red prominence at the inner angle of the eye.
2 Bot. an outgrowth from a seed near the micropyle.

Derivative:
caruncular adj.

Etymology:
obs. F f. L caruncula f. caro carnis flesh

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