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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 ]
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. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Caruncle ( Latin : caruncula "wart") may refer to: In botany: an elaiosome (fleshy structure attached to the seed), especially in the plant family Euphorbiaceae In animal anatomy: prostomium , the sensory organ of Annelid worms the wattle (anatomy) , cockscomb ...
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