Caruncle

n.	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.	(Zool.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.

Noun

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caruncle - an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds Synonyms: caruncula

appendage, caruncula, comb, lappet, outgrowth, process, wattle