Definition of caruncula

• n. - A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.
• n. - An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.
• n. - A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.