English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Result for Caruncula

Caruncula (n.)

A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.

Caruncula (n.)

An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.

Caruncula (n.)

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