verruca

noun, plural ver·ru·cae [vuh–roo-see, ve-] /vəˈru si, vɛ-/.

1. Medicine/Medical. a wart.
2. Zoology. a small, flattish, wartlike prominence.

noun plural -cae (-siː) or -cas

1. pathol a wart, esp one growing on the hand or foot
2. biology a wartlike outgrowth, as in certain plants or on the skin of some animals

n.

1560s, from Latin verruca “wart” (see vary).

n. pl. ver•ru•cae (-kē)

1. wart