Caruncle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Biology A fleshy naked outgrowth, such as a fowl's wattles.
  • n. Botany An outgrowth or appendage at or near the hilum of certain seeds, as of the castor-oil plant.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy
  • n. A similar excrescence near the hilum of some seeds
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.
  • n. An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.
  • n. A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A small fleshy excrescence, either natural or morbid. Specifically
  • n. In ornithology, a fleshy excrescence on the head of a bird, as the comb or one of the wattles of a hen.
  • n. In botany, a protuberance surrounding the hilum of a seed. Strictly, it is an outgrowth of the micropyle, or external orifice of the ovule.
  • n. In entomology, a naked, more or less rounded, fleshy elevation of the surface, especially on the body of a caterpillar or other insect-larva.
  • n. A small horny protuberance, at the tip of a young bird's beak, which serves to break the egg-shell at the time of hatching: same as egg-tooth.
  • n. A peculiar leaf-like sense-organ found on the dorsal side of the segments at the anterior end of certain polychætous annelids, especially those belonging to the family Amphinomidæ.
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  • n. an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
    • Equivalent
    caruncula   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    process    appendage    outgrowth   
    Cross Reference
    lacrymal caruncle    frill    dewlap   
    Hyponym
    lappet    wattle   
    Same Context
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    hypermobility    cirrhi    hand-lining    gilliflower    embossing   
     
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