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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Caruncle \Car"un*cle\, Caruncula \Ca*run"cu*la\, n. [L. caruncula a little piece of flesh, dim. of caro flesh.] 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. (Zo["o]l.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: caruncula n : an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds [syn: {caruncle}]
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