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An outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
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caruncle
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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 ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A caruncle is defined as 'a small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy'. Within this definition, caruncles in birds include wattles (or dewlaps ), snoods and earlobes. The term caruncle is derived from Latin 'caruncula', the ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Caruncle \Car"un*cle\, ||Caruncula \Ca*run"cu*la\, n. [L. caruncula a little piece of flesh, dim. of caro flesh.] (Anat.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy 2 A similar excrescence near the hilum of some seeds