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caruncle

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car⋅un⋅cle

  [kar-uhng-kuhl, kuh-ruhng-]
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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 < L: small piece of flesh, dim. of carō (gen. carnis) flesh; for suffix, see carbuncle

Related forms:
ca⋅run⋅cu⋅lar  [kuh-ruhng-kyuh-ler] , ca⋅run⋅cu⋅lous, adjective
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ca·run·cle   (kə-rŭng'kəl, kār'ŭng'-)   
n.  

  1. Biology A fleshy naked outgrowth, such as a fowl's wattles.

  2. Botany An outgrowth or appendage at or near the hilum of certain seeds, as of the castor-oil plant.


[Obsolete French caruncule, from Latin caruncula, diminutive of carō, flesh; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
ca·run'cu·lar (-kyə-lər) adj., ca·run'cu·late (-lĭt, -lāt'), ca·run'cu·lat'ed (-lā'tĭd) adj.
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Main Entry: car·un·cle
Pronunciation: 'kar-&[ng]-k&l, k&-'r&[ng]-
Function: noun
: a small fleshy growth; specifically : a reddish growth situated at the urethral meatus in women and causing pain and bleeding —see LACRIMALCARUNCLE
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caruncle ca·run·cle (kə-rŭng'kəl, kār'ŭng'-)
n.
A fleshy, naked outgrowth.

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