a fleshy outgrowth, in particular 肉生长物,尤指 ■a wattle of a bird such as a turkeycock (鸟,如雄火鸡的)肉冠,肉垂 ■the red prominence at the inner corner of the eye 泪阜 ■(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 caruncular adjective 语源
late 16th cent.: obsolete French, from Latin caruncula, from caro, carn- 'flesh'