{ Car"un*cle (?), ||Ca*run"cu*la (?), }
n. [L. caruncula a little piece of
flesh, dim. of caro flesh.] 1.(Anat.)A small fleshy prominence or excrescence;
especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula
lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.
2.(Bot.)An excrescence or
appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.
3.(Zoöl.)A naked, flesh
appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey,
etc.