caruncula Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
    caruncle.

WordNet

Car"un*cle, Ca*run"cu*la noun (Also<
  • Caruncle
  • Caruncula
)
Etymology
L. caruncula a little piece of flesh, dim. of caro flesh.
Definitions
  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. (Zoöl.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.

Webster 1913