Definitions from Wiktionary (caruncle)
▸ noun: (anatomy, zootomy) A small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy.
▸ noun: (botany) A colored waxy or oily outgrowth near the micropyle of some seeds, attractive to ants which aid the seed's dispersal.
▸ noun: (anatomy) Clipping of lacrimal caruncle: the red prominence at the inner corner of the eye. [(anatomy) A small globular nodule at the inner corner of the eye that covers sebaceous and sudoriferous glands.]
urethral caruncle,
lacrimal caruncle,
sublingual caruncle,
maternal caruncle,
submandibular caruncle,
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▸ noun: (anatomy, zootomy) A small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy.
▸ noun: (botany) A colored waxy or oily outgrowth near the micropyle of some seeds, attractive to ants which aid the seed's dispersal.
▸ noun: (anatomy) Clipping of lacrimal caruncle: the red prominence at the inner corner of the eye. [(anatomy) A small globular nodule at the inner corner of the eye that covers sebaceous and sudoriferous glands.]
Similar:
caruncula,
carnosity,
carunculation,
escarbuncle,
carbuncle,
corniculum,
carinule,
cupule,
carinula,
cucullus,
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urethral,
lacrimal,
sublingual,
lachrymal,
lacrymal,
fleshy,
irritable,
salivary,
true,
vascular,
maternal
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