CARUNCLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caruncle mean? 

• CARUNCLE (noun)
  The noun CARUNCLE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CARUNCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARUNCLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

caruncle; caruncula

Hypernyms ("caruncle" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caruncle"):

lappet; wattle (a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards)

Derivation:

caruncular; carunculous (resembling a caruncle)