Look up: caruncle

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   Caruncle
   a fleshy outgrowth
   Found on http://www.austmus.gov.au/fishes/fishfac
   
   
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   Caruncle
   A caruncle is a small hard outgrowth formed on the seeds of certain plants, such as the castor oil plant.
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   Caruncle
   A caruncle is the fleshy excresence on the head of a fowl, such the comb of a cock or the wattles of a turkey.
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   caruncle
   [n] - an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl`s wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
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   Caruncle
   Car'un·cle Ca*run'cu*la noun [ Latin caruncula a little piece of flesh, dim. of caro flesh.] 1. (Anat.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis , in the inner angle of the eye. 2. (Botany) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed. 3.
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   caruncle
   <botany> An outgrowth of a seed coat, near the hilum. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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   caruncle
   caruncula noun an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl`s wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
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   Caruncle
   `Caruncle` (Latin: `caruncula` `wart`) may refer to: *In botany, an elaiosome (fleshy structure attached to the seed), especially in the plant family Euphorbiaceae *In animal anatomy: **prostomium, the sensory organ of Annelid worms **the wattle (anatomy) or cockscomb of some birds *In human anatomy: **sublingual caruncle, an area on the tongue **a small, red portion of the corner of the eye that contains modified sebaceous and sweat glands (See ...
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   caruncle
   (kar´әng-kәl) a small fleshy eminence, often abnormal.
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    Caruncle
    • (n.) Alt. of Caruncula
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    caruncle
    (from the article `primate`) ...circulating at certain periods of the reproductive cycle. For instance, in the gelada (Theropithecus), the skin on the front of the female chest, ... Hatching consists of two separate events: exiting the egg and emerging from the nest. Hatchlings have a small, pointed, keratinous bump (caruncle) on ... ...
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    caruncle
    caruncle 1. A small fleshy growth on the head or body; such as, a rooster's comb. 2. A colored outgrowth of tissue in some types of seeds near the point of attachment to the plant.
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    caruncle
    A small, fleshy protuberance, or any structure suggesting such a shape. Syn: caruncula 1 TA
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