ʌŋ 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 (ˈkærəŋkəl, kəˈrʌŋ-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a fleshy outgrowth on the heads of certain birds, such as a cock's comb |
| 2. | an outgrowth near the hilum on the seeds of some plants |
| 3. | any small fleshy mass in or on the body, either natural or abnormal |
| [C17: from obsolete French caruncule, from Latin caruncula a small piece of flesh, from carō flesh] | |
| caruncular | |
| —adj | |
| ca'runculous | |
| —adj | |
| carunculate | |
| —adj | |
| ca'runculated | |
| —adj | |
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caruncle ca·run·cle (kə-rŭng'kəl, kār'ŭng'-)
n.
A fleshy, naked outgrowth.
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