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Examples of caruncle
caruncle
The King Vulture has a very noticeable yellow fleshy caruncle on its beak.
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The eyes are large and flat, canthus is not marked, lachrymal caruncle is not indicated.
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The lachrymal caruncle is sometimes indicated.
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- An outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
- (Caruncles (of the urethra)) Fleshy outgrowths of distal urethral mucosa.
- (Caruncles) aggregated cells formed into a lump (often within granulation tissue in a wound
- Small, red portion of the corner of the eye that contains modified sebaceous and sweat glands.
- A localized outgrowth of the seed coat near the hilum of the seed in some members of the Euphorbiaceae; it functions as an eliaosome.
- An appendage of a seed, near the hilum (scar). Fig.19 D. adj. carunculate.
- Diminutive of Latin caro = flesh, hence, a small fleshy elevation.
- A small aril-like structure on the testa (seed coat) near the hilum.
- A wart or prominence near the base or hilum of a seed.
