'Caruncula' definitions:
Definition of 'caruncula'
(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 'Caruncula'
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