- a protuberance at or surrounding the hilum of a seed.
- a fleshy excrescence, as on the head of a bird; a fowl's comb.
- a small, fleshy growth.
- a fleshy outgrowth on the heads of certain birds, such as a cock's comb
- an outgrowth near the hilum on the seeds of some plants
- any small fleshy mass in or on the body, either natural or abnormal
