Link Centre Dictionary

caruncula

ca·run·cula

US/kəˈɹʌŋ.kjəl.ə/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

Synonyms

Origin

Borrowed from Latin caruncula (“a little piece of flesh”). Doublet of caruncle.

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.