funicle, funiculus
(noun) the stalk of a plant ovule or seed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
funicle (plural funicles)
(botany) The stalk or stem of an ovule or seed.
(entomology) Intermediate segments of the antenna of chalcid wasps adjoining the pedicel basally and the clava distally.
Source: Wiktionary
Fu"ni*cle, n. Etym: [L. funiculus, dim. of funis cord, rope: cf. F. funicule funicle (in sense 2). Cf. Funambulo.] (Bot.)
1. A small cord, ligature, or fiber.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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