CARUNCULA

(Dim. of caro, flesh; a little piece of flesh.) A small protuberance found near the hilum upon the seed of Euphorbia lathyris and other plants. CARYA. {Gt. }td.^vo)),anui.) The genus of plants which includes the hickory nut of North America; a tree of the greatest value, for its tough elastic wood, as well as for the puts, which resemble walnuts, except that their shell is not furrowed, and which are much eaten and pre ed for their oil in their native country. There are several species of Carya; but C. alba, the white hickory, a hardy ornamental tree in this country, is the most valuable. [s. 211]