Căr'un-cle, n.

(kär'unk-, 82), n. [Lat. caruncula, a little piece of flesh, diminutive of caro, flesh; Fr. caroncule.]

1. (Anat.) A small, fleshy excrescence, either natural or morbid. Dunglison.
2. (Bot.) An excrescence or appendage at the hilum or scar of a seed.
3. (Zoöl.) A naked, fleshy excrescence on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, &c.