caruncula

caruncula has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.
• n.. An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.
• n.. A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.
• n.. an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds