Word: caruncles
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: car
un
cles
Definition: Plural of caruncle; an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
Morphemes:
Affix: caruncle
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A colored waxy or oily outgrowth near the micropyle of some seeds, attractive to ants which aid the seed's dispersal.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: carō
Language: la
Decoded: caro
Meaning: flesh
Affix: -uncula
Language: la
Decoded: -uncula
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Suffix forming diminutive forms of nouns, ultimately an extended form of -lus.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.