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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 caruncula
 小阜

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 ca·run·cu·la /kəˈrəŋkjələ/ 名詞
 (複carunculae)小阜,肉阜

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Car·un·cle Ca·run·cu·la n.
 1. Anat. A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.
 2. Bot. An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.
 3. Zool. A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 caruncula
      n : an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or
          a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds [syn: caruncle]