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car•un•cle n.

Botanya protuberance at or surrounding the hilum of a seed.
Zoologya fleshy excrescence, as on the head of a bird; a fowl's comb.
Anatomya small, fleshy growth.

Latin: small piece of flesh, diminutive of carō (genitive carnis) flesh; for suffix, see carbuncle
earlier caruncula 1605–15

ca•run•cu•lar ca•run′cu•lous, adj.

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caruncle /ˈkærəŋk^əl; kəˈrʌŋ-/ n

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

Etymology: 17th Century: from obsolete French caruncule, from Latin caruncula a small piece of flesh, from carō fleshcaruncular /kəˈrʌŋkjʊlə/, caˈrunculous adj

'caruncle' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Muscovy duck - carrion - carunculate - cockscomb

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