caruncula

Car"un*cle, Ca*run"cu*la, n. Etym: [L. caruncula a little piece of flesh, dim. of caro flesh.] 1. (Anat.) Defn: A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye. 2. (Bot.) Defn: An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed. 3. (Zoöl.) Defn: A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.

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