CARUCATE
Car"u*cate, n. Etym: [LL. carucata, carrucata. See Carucage.]
Defn: A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year and a day; — by some said to be about 100 acres. Burrill.
CARUNCLE; CARUNCULA Car"un*cle, Ca*run"cu*la, n. Etym: [L. caruncula a little piece of flesh, dim. of caro flesh.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.
CARUNCULAR; CARUNCULOUS
Ca*run"cu*lar, Ca*run"cu*lous, a.