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    CARUNCULA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seedsplay

    Synonyms:

    caruncle; caruncula

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("caruncula" is a kind of...):

    appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caruncula"):

    lappet; wattle (a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards)

    Derivation:

    caruncular (resembling a caruncle)

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