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Glossary of Botanical Terms:

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caruncle (strophile): an appendage of a seed, near the hilum (scar). Fig. 19 D. adj. carunculate.



Fig. 19. Domatia, Glands etc. A, hairy domatia; B, pit domatia; C, seeds with arils; D, seeds with caruncles; E, stalked petiolar glands; F, basal lamina glands; G, marginal gland on wattle phyllode; H, bipinnate leaf with petiolar gland and jugary gland.
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