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1. (Old Eng. Law.) A tax on every
plow or plowland.

2. The act of plowing. [R.]

Car"u*cate (?), n. [LL.
carucata, carrucata. See Carucage.] 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.

{ Car"un*cle (?), ||Ca*run"cu*la (?), }
n. [L. caruncula a little piece of
flesh, dim. of caro flesh.] 1.
(Anat.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence;
especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula
lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.

2. (Bot.) An excrescence or
appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.

3. (Zoöl.) A naked, flesh
appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey,
etc.

{ Ca*run"cu*lar (?), Ca*run"cu*lous (?), }
a. Of, pertaining to, or like, a caruncle;
furnished with caruncles.

{ Ca*run"cu*late (?), Ca*run"cu*la`ted (?),
} a. Having a caruncle or caruncles;
caruncular.

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