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fu⋅ni⋅cle

  [fyoo-ni-kuhl]
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–noun Botany.
the stalk of an ovule or seed.
Origin:
1655–65; < L fūniculus. See funiculus, -cle 1
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fu·ni·cle   (fyōō'nĭ-kəl)   
n.  Variant of funiculus.
fu·nic·u·lus   (fyŏŏ-nĭk'yə-ləs, fə-)   
n.   pl. fu·nic·u·li (-lī') also fu·ni·cles
  1. Anatomy A slender cordlike strand or band, especially:
    1. A bundle of nerve fibers in a nerve trunk.
    2. One of three major divisions of white matter in the spinal cord, consisting of fasciculi.
    3. The umbilical cord.
  2. Botany A stalk connecting an ovule or a seed with the placenta.

[Latin fūniculus, slender rope, diminutive of fūnis, rope.]
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Funicle

Fu"ni*cle\, n. [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.) The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Main Entry: fu·ni·cle
Pronunciation: 'fyü-n&-k&l
Function: noun
: FUNICULUS
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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