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Definitions for Caruncle
[1] Botany . a protuberance at or surrounding the hilum of a seed.
[2] Zoology . a fleshy excrescence, as on the head of a bird; a fowl's comb.
[3] Anatomy . a small, fleshy growth.
[4] a fleshy outgrowth on the heads of certain birds, such as a cock's comb
[5] an outgrowth near the hilum on the seeds of some plants
[6] any small fleshy mass in or on the body, either natural or abnormal
Words related to Caruncle
blister, blemish, lump, acne, ridge, abscess, zit, carbuncle, spot, bump, excrescence, boil, inflammation, whitehead, hickey, furuncle, pustule, papule, blackhead, panache
Words nearby Caruncle
cartwheel, cartwheel flower, cartwright, caruaru, carucate, caruncle, carunculate, carus curve, caruso, caruso, enrico, carvacrol
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 , adjective
Word origin for Caruncle
C17: from obsolete French caruncule, from Latin caruncula a small piece of flesh, from carō flesh
Synonyms for Caruncle
acne, blemish, blister, lump, abscess, blackhead, boil, bump, carbuncle, excrescence, furuncle, hickey, inflammation, papule, pustule, spot, whitehead, zit, beauty spot, papula