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Caruncula   Listen
noun
Caruncula, Caruncle  n.  
1.
(Anat.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.
2.
(Bot.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.
3.
(Zool.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.






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"Caruncula" Quotes from Famous Books



... sugar loaf &c (sharpness) 253; bow; mamelon^; molar; belly, corporation^, pot belly, gut [Coll.]; withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange. [convexities on skin] pimple, zit [Slang]; wen, wheel, papula [Med.], pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle^, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus^, fungus, fungosity^, exostosis^, bleb, blister, blain^; boil &c (disease) 655; airbubble^, blob, papule, verruca. [convex body parts on chest] papilla, nipple, teat, tit [Vulg.], ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



Words linked to "Caruncula" :   caruncular, appendage, wattle, process, outgrowth, caruncle



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