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Caruncle

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
caruncula
plural
Caruncles
possessive
Caruncle's
pluralpossessive
Caruncles'