caruncle
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Every portrait depicts a pale woman with a sharp nose, bow lips, slightly receding chin, and dark eyes with a pink lacrimal caruncle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The seeds cannot be carried so well unless this ridge, caruncle, be present.
From Seed Dispersal by W. J. (William James) Beal
Almost every caruncle present after 50 days could be flicked off easily with a probe or fingernail.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler
In one of the rails, Gallicrex cristatus, a large red caruncle is developed during this period on the head of the male.
From The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin
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 John M. Legler
