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carunculate

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ca⋅run⋅cu⋅late

  [kuh-ruhng-kyuh-lit, -leyt]
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–adjective
having a caruncle.
Also, ca⋅run⋅cu⋅lat⋅ed.

Origin:
1825–35; < NL carunculātus. See caruncle, -ate 1
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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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