caruncle
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0020060
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: carúncula (Spanish)
- exact: 種枕(種阜) (Japanese)
- Definition
- An arilloid that is an outgrowth of a seed next to the micropyle. [source: ISBN:9780881928501]
- Comment
- Often hard and generally smaller and less elaborate than a arillode.
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