caruncle

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Caruncle: a soft, naked, fleshy excrescence or protuberance.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Caruncle, kar-unk′l, n. a small fleshy excrescence, as the wattles of the turkey-cock.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Caruncle, an excrescence at the scar of some seeds, 126.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa