noun an excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.
2. caruncula ·noun a naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, ·etc.
3. caruncula ·noun a small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.