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   caruncle

   /ˈkarəŋk(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. a wattle of a bird such as a turkeycock.
   • 2. the red prominence at the inner corner of the eye.
   • 3. a coloured waxy or oily outgrowth from a seed near the micropyle, attractive to ants which aid the seed's dispersal.

   Word Origin late 16th century: obsolete French, from Latin caruncula, from caro, carn- ‘flesh’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. caruncular adjective

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