caruncle

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
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.

– origin C16: obs. Fr., from L. caruncula, from caro, carn- ‘flesh’.