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funicle

/fyoo-ni-kuhl/US // ˈfyu nɪ kəl //UK // (ˈfjuːnɪkəl) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Botany.

    • : the stalk of an ovule or seed.

Examples

  • The ridge or adnate funicle which in an anatropous ovule connects the two ends.

  • The ovule is curved upon itself, so that the micropyle is near the funicle.

  • The ovule is attached to the placenta either directly, when it is sessile, or by means of a prolongation funicle (fig. 110, f).

  • Annelet or annellus: Hym.; small ring-joints between scape and funicle.

  • Fruit—the ripe carpels are splitting, exposing the seeds, some of which are suspended by the long funicle.