Having caruncles; characterized by the presence of caruncles or similar fleshy outgrowths.
From caruncule or carunculate, using the suffix -ate to mean 'having the quality of' or 'characterized by.' This botanical and zoological term describes organisms with visible caruncular features.
Botanists use carunculate to describe seeds that have those little fleshy appendages—called arils—which help animals eat the seeds and scatter them far and wide, making the plant's reproductive strategy visible to the naked eye.
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