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Funicle

The stalk or stem of an ovule or seed.

📖 Definitions of "Funicle"

noun

1
The stalk or stem of an ovule or seed.
2
Intermediate segments of the antenna of chalcid wasps adjoining the pedicel basally and the clava distally.

🔄 Synonyms of "Funicle"

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Word	Definition
funiculusnoun	(anatomy) Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres (white matter) in the spinal cord. The white matter of the spinal cord is made of (posterior, anterior and lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Funicle"

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Word	Definition
funiculusnoun	(anatomy) Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres (white matter) in the spinal cord. The white matter of the spinal cord is made of (posterior, anterior and lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi.
antennal	Of, pertaining to, or functioning as an antenna.
seedstalknoun	(botany) funicle
cauliclenoun	(botany) A small stalk or stem, especially the rudimentary stalk of a seed embryo
podospermnoun	(botany) The stalk of a seed or ovule.
spiriclenoun	(botany) One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds.
pedicelnoun	(botany) A stalk of an individual flower (or fruit, e.g., once fertilised) or spore-producing body within a cluster.
stylenoun	Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
folliclenoun	(anatomy) A small cavity or sac, such as a hair follicle.
seednoun	(countable, agriculture) Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
stalknoun	The stem or main axis of a plant.
ovulumnoun	(botany, now rare) An ovule.
footstalknoun	(botany) A stalk (such as a peduncle or pedicel) that supports another structure.
seed-budnoun	The bud or germ of a seed; an ovule.
loculenoun	(botany) Any of the cells of a compound ovary of a plant; a loculus.
utriclenoun	(anatomy) The larger of the two fluid-filled cavities forming part of the membranous labyrinth in the vertebrate inner ear (the other being the saccule) and into which the semicircular canals open. It contains hair cells and otoliths which send signals to the brain concerning the orientation of the head.
filamentnoun	A fine thread or wire.
stylulusnoun	(botany) The elongated apex of a free carpel which functions like the style of a syncarpous ovary, allowing pollen tubes from its stigma to enter the locule of only that carpel.
fasciclenoun	A bundle or cluster.
fovillanoun	(botany, archaic) One of the fine granules in the protoplasm of a pollen grain.