n.1 Zool. a fleshy excrescence, e.g. a turkeycock's wattles or the red prominence at the inner angle of the eye.
2 Bot. an outgrowth from a seed near the micropyle.
Derivatives:
caruncular adj.
Etymology: obs. F f. L caruncula f. caro carnis flesh
n.1 Zool. a fleshy excrescence, e.g. a turkeycock's wattles or the red prominence at the inner angle of the eye.
2 Bot. an outgrowth from a seed near the micropyle.
Derivatives:
caruncular adj.
Etymology: obs. F f. L caruncula f. caro carnis flesh
Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012