caruncle
/ˈkærəŋkl/noun
1- a fleshy outgrowth, in particular肉生长物, 尤指：
1.1
- a wattle of a bird such as a turkeycock（鸟, 如雄火鸡的）肉冠, 肉垂。
1.2
- the red prominence at the inner corner of the eye泪阜。
1.3
- Botany a coloured waxy or oily outgrowth from a seed near the micropyle, attractive to ants which aid the seed's dispersal【植】种阜。
派生词
caruncular
adjective词源
late 16th cent.: obsolete French, from Latin caruncula, from caro, carn- 'flesh'.