Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun caruncula
1 sense of caruncula
Sense 1
caruncle, caruncula -- (an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds)
=> process, outgrowth, appendage -- (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process")