noun. Same as caruncle.

noun. A caruncle.

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

"Lateral to the caruncula is a slight semilunar fold of conjunctiva, the concavity of which is directed toward the cornea; it is called the plica semilunaris."

caruncula mammillaris  caruncula sublingualis  carunculæ myrtiformes  

appendage  outgrowth  process  

lappet  wattle