caruncula

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Noun1.caruncula - an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seedscaruncula - an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds
caruncle
appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process"
lappet, wattle - a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
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(1) The involution at the level of the vestibule and hymenal carunculae leads to introital stenosis, which is often associated with dyspareunia.
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3 mm wide, base incurved, back with two elliptical, confluent nectar sacs at base, these distally red, with 3 vertical grooves below neck and with 3 united or separate carunculae (fragmented callus) ca 1,5 mm from scale neck, neck conspicuously thickened, slightly recurved, without filaments, laterally protracted into two small erect wings ca.
Nueva especie arbustiva de Nasa Weigend ser. Carunculatae (Urb. & Gilg) Weigend (Loasaceae) de la Zona Amotape-Huancabamba
There ate no thorough works in relation with the huemul embryonic development, however, extrapolating from what is known from other cervidae it is inferred that the uterus is bicorneal and that it presents endometrial carunculae. Following the fertilization and segmentation the embryo reach the blastocyst stage and after hatching its stay in spherical form for a few days and locates in the ipsilateral horn.
Intentos de aplicar la clonacion en la conservacion de especies en riesgo de extincion

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