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 caruncula
 小阜

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

 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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 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]