[kəˈrʌŋk(ə)l], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a wattle of a bird such as a turkeycock

- the red prominence at the inner corner of the eye

- a coloured waxy or oily outgrowth from a seed near the micropyle, attractive to ants which aid the seed's dispersal


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Origin:
late 16th century: obsolete French, from Latin caruncula, from caro, carn- ‘flesh’