Definition of "verruca" []

• Medicine A wart. (noun)
• Biology A wartlike projection, as on the back of a toad or on some leaves. (noun)

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• "Its mildest phase is the so-called verruca necrogenica."
• "Hog warts, after all, are exactly the kind of ingredient that would slot snugly into Heston's Blumenthal's repertoire, paired with gnat cataracts and shavings of unicorn verruca, perhaps."
• "Do you ever get much opportunity to wear his shoes, or is it all flip-flops and verruca socks around the pool?"