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caruncle /ˈkarəŋk(ə)l, kəˈrʌŋ-/
▶noun
- 1 a wattle of a bird such as a turkeycock.
- 2 the red prominence at the inner corner of the eye.
- 3 Botany a coloured waxy or oily outgrowth from a seed near the micropyle.
– derivatives
caruncular adjective.
caruncular adjective.
– origin C16: obs. Fr., from L. caruncula, from caro, carn- ‘flesh’.
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