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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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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of funicle1
C17: from Latin ūԾܱܲ a thin rope, from ūԾ rope
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It is attached to the placenta by the funicle f, cellular prolongations from which form an aril a a.
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The ovule is curved upon itself, so that the micropyle is near the funicle.
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No inversion can, therefore, really take place in anatropous ovules, but the blade of the leaf is bent back on the funicle, with which its margins also cohere.
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Caulis: the funicle of antenna: the corneous basal part of jaws.
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The straight line does not correspond with the funicle, which is not straight, but is pushed up in a curved form against the upper edge of the cell.
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