caruncle

Senso (Inglese)

1. A small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of lacrimal caruncle: the red prominence at the inner corner of the eye.
3. A colored waxy or oily outgrowth near the micropyle of some seeds, attractive to ants which aid the seed's dispersal.

Concetti

mento

sinonimi

caruncula

wattle

crest

chin

carunculae

dewlap

comb

Traduzioni

caroncule

carúncula

σάρκωμα

menton

caruncula

kam

kin

queixo

carúncula

carúncula

sarkık şey

barbeta

tohum göbeği tomurcuğu

Hautlappen

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈka.ɹəŋ.kəl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Borrowed from Middle French caruncule, from Latin caruncula (“a little piece of flesh”), diminutive of carō (“flesh”). Doublet of caruncula.