Caruncle; Caruncula

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.

2. An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.

3. A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.