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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as caruncle.

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  • noun A caruncle.

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  • noun an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds

Etymologies

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Latin caruncula ("a little piece of flesh").

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