caruncle
Meaning
- A small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy.
- Clipping of lacrimal caruncle: the red prominence at the inner corner of the eye.
- A colored waxy or oily outgrowth near the micropyle of some seeds, attractive to ants which aid the seed's dispersal.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈka.ɹəŋ.kəl/
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French caruncule, from Latin caruncula (“a little piece of flesh”), diminutive of carō (“flesh”). Doublet of caruncula.
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