caruncle

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Therefore in the middle of October the internal rectus of the right eye was divided, and the conjunctiva loosened as far as the caruncle.

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.

Few individuals retained the caruncle when they entered hibernation late in November, and none retained it upon emergence from hibernation.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.

The seeds cannot be carried so well unless this ridge, caruncle, be present.

From Seed Dispersal by Beal, W. J. (William James)

For a few examples: The little fold of caruncle at the inner margin of the eye in man, represents the nictitating membrane of birds.

From Was Man Created? by Mott, Henry A. (Henry Augustus)

Stems several from a hard rootstock, 1° high; leaves narrowly linear, 3–12´´ long, acute; wings oblong-obovate; crest small; lobes of the caruncle half the length of the appressed-silky seed.—Neb. and Kan. to Tex.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa