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caruncle
(encz) | caruncle,karunkula Zdeněk Brož |
Caruncle
(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.
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2. (Bot.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the
hilum of a seed.
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3. (Zool.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird,
as the wattles of a turkey, etc.
[1913 Webster] Caruncular |
caruncle
(wn) | caruncle
n 1: 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] |
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caruncle
(encz) | caruncle,karunkula Zdeněk Brož |
caruncle
(wn) | caruncle
n 1: 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] |
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