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noun
1.
Botany. a protuberance at or surrounding the hilum of a seed.
2.
Zoology. a fleshy excrescence, as on the head of a bird; a fowl's comb.
3.
Anatomy. a small, fleshy growth.
Origin:
1605–15; earlier caruncula < Latin: small piece of flesh, diminutive of carō (genitive carnis) flesh; for suffix, see carbuncle
1605–15; earlier caruncula < Latin: small piece of flesh, diminutive of carō (genitive carnis) flesh; for suffix, see carbuncle
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caruncle ca·run·cle (kə-rŭng'kəl, kār'ŭng'-)
n.
A fleshy, naked outgrowth.
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