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Noun
1. an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
(synonym) caruncle
(hypernym) process, outgrowth, appendage
(hyponym) wattle, lappet

nf. caruncle, fleshy growth (i.e. comb of a chicken)

n. caruncle, fleshy growth

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

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

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