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funicle
[ fyoo-ni-kuhl ]
noun
, Botany.
- the stalk of an ovule or seed.
funicle
/ fjʊˈnɪkjʊlɪt; ˈfjuːnɪkəl; -ˌleɪt /
noun
- botany the stalk that attaches an ovule or seed to the wall of the ovary Also calledfuniculus
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Derived Forms
- funiculate, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of funicle1
C17: from Latin fūniculus a thin rope, from fūnis rope
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Example Sentences
The ridge or adnate funicle which in an anatropous ovule connects the two ends.
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The ovule is curved upon itself, so that the micropyle is near the funicle.
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The ovule is attached to the placenta either directly, when it is sessile, or by means of a prolongation funicle (fig. 110, f).
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Annelet or annellus: Hym.; small ring-joints between scape and funicle.
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Fruit—the ripe carpels are splitting, exposing the seeds, some of which are suspended by the long funicle.
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