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(1):

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

(2):

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

(3):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Caruncula'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/caruncula.html. 1828.
 
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