CARUNCLE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does caruncle mean? 

• CARUNCLE (noun)
  The noun CARUNCLE has 1 sense:

1. an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds

  Familiarity information: CARUNCLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARUNCLE (noun)

Meaning:

An outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

caruncle; caruncula

Hypernyms ("caruncle" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caruncle"):

lappet; wattle (a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards)

comb (a fleshy and deeply serrated outgrowth atop the heads of certain birds especially domestic fowl)