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caruncle
[ kar-uhng-kuhl, kuh-ruhng- ]
/ ˈkær ʌŋ kəl, kəˈrʌŋ- /
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noun
Botany. a protuberance at or surrounding the hilum of a seed.
Zoology. a fleshy excrescence, as on the head of a bird; a fowl's comb.
Anatomy. a small, fleshy growth.
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Origin of caruncle
1605–15; earlier caruncula<Latin: small piece of flesh, diminutive of carō (genitive carnis) flesh; for suffix, see carbuncle
OTHER WORDS FROM caruncle
ca·run·cu·lar [kuh-ruhng-kyuh-ler], /kəˈrʌŋ kyə lər/, ca·run·cu·lous, adjectiveWords nearby caruncle
cartwheel, cartwheel flower, Cartwright, Caruaru, carucate, caruncle, carunculate, Carúpano, Caruso, Caruso, Enrico, carvacrol
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British Dictionary definitions for caruncle
caruncle
/ (ˈkærəŋkəl, kəˈrʌŋ-) /
noun
a fleshy outgrowth on the heads of certain birds, such as a cock's comb
an outgrowth near the hilum on the seeds of some plants
any small fleshy mass in or on the body, either natural or abnormal
Derived forms of caruncle
caruncular (kəˈrʌŋkjʊlə) or carunculous, adjectivecarunculate (kəˈrʌŋkjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt) or carunculated, adjectiveWord Origin for caruncle
C17: from obsolete French caruncule, from Latin caruncula a small piece of flesh, from carō flesh
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