different between cockscomb vs caruncle

English

Alternative forms

• coxcomb

Etymology

From cock +? -s- +? comb.

Noun

cockscomb (plural cockscombs)

1. The fleshy red crest of a rooster
2. A red cap once worn by court jesters
3. A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia)
4. An annual garden plant, Celosia cristata, having showy red clusters of flowers
   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, Section xi

     She saw a square picture framed in the window, two whitewashed cottages each with a little winding path, a bed of red and yellow cockscomb, a sloping field, a row of gum-trees, a child in a blue sunbonnet carrying a basket.

5. (archaic) A conceited dandy
6. (nautical) A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French caruncule, from Latin caruncula (“a little piece of flesh”), diminutive of car? (“flesh”). Doublet of caruncula.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ka.???.k?l/, /?ka.???.kl?/, /k?????.k?l/, /k?????.kl?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?????.k?l/, /?kæ????.k?l/, /k?????.k?l/
• Rhymes: -æ???k?l, -??k?l

Noun

caruncle (plural caruncles)

1. (anatomy, zootomy) A small, fleshy excrescence that is a normal part of an animal's anatomy.

   Coordinate terms: comb, cockscomb, crest, snood, wattle

   Hyponym: lacrimal caruncle

2. (anatomy) Clipping of lacrimal caruncle: the red prominence at the inner corner of the eye.
3. (botany) A colored waxy or oily outgrowth near the micropyle of some seeds, attractive to ants which aid the seed's dispersal.

   Synonym: elaiosome

Derived terms

• carunclectomy
• caruncular
• carunculate
• intercaruncle

Translations

See also

• dewlap
• frill

References

• “caruncle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “caruncle”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).