a. [ad. mod.L. carunculātus, f. caruncula (see prec. and -ATE2 2): cf. F. caronculé.] Having a caruncle or caruncles.
1835. Lindley, Introd. Bot. (1848), II. 31. The umbilicus is said to be carunculate.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 326. Euphorbiaceæ seeds carunculate.