caruncle

IPA: kɝˈʌŋkʌɫ

(anatomy, zootomy) A small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy.
(botany) A colored waxy or oily outgrowth near the micropyle of some seeds, attractive to ants which aid the seed's dispersal.
(anatomy) Clipping of lacrimal caruncle: the red prominence at the inner corner of the eye. [(anatomy) A small globular nodule at the inner corner of the eye that covers sebaceous and sudoriferous glands.]

Examples of "caruncle" in Sentences

Mozambique cocks, the comb, caruncle, and epidermis being black.
Based on my observation, 90% of ATV riders are caruncle-brained, porcine oafs.
The seeds cannot be carried so well unless this ridge, _caruncle_, be present.
If you're wondering, the part of gallinaceous anatomy that Danilo is mimicking is called a caruncle, or cockscomb.
However, his collections from Altai and Yili in Xinjiang Province possess the so-called "caruncle" only in some fruits from the same plant.
Chinese herbaria do not exhibit the key anatomical character described by Janischevsky (1924), i.e., that the fruit base becomes elongated and forms a "caruncle".
[In Latin, _carunculæ myrtiformes_, which means in English myrtleberry-shaped caruncles; caruncle is a small fleshy elevation; derived from _caro_, which in Latin means flesh.]
French nurses treat cracked nipples by applying a hollow section of the fresh root over the sore caruncle; and a decoction of the root made by boiling from two to four drachms in a pint of water, is given for bleedings from the lungs or bladder.
The position of the sockets of the eyes if horizontal in the white race and inclines obliquely upwards in Mongols; in the latter case the lacrimal caruncle is generally not free, but is covered by a fold that inclines downward in a curve (the Mongolian fold).