'Caruncle' definitions:

Definition of 'caruncle'

From: WordNet
noun
An outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds [syn: caruncle, caruncula]

Definition of 'Caruncle'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc. [1913 Webster] Caruncular