Funicle definition

fyo͝onikəl
A little cord or fiber; specif., a funiculus.
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(botany) The stalk or stem of an ovule or seed.
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Origin of funicle

  • From Latin fūniculus (“cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“cord”) + -culus.

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Funicle Sentence Examples

  • Ovular characters determine the grouping in the Dicotyledons, van Tieghem supporting the view that the integument, the outer if there be two, is the lamina of a leaf of which the funicle is the petiole, whilst the nucellus is an outgrowth of this leaf, and the inner integument, if present, an indusium.

  • When the ovule is so developed that the chalaza is at the hilum (next the placenta), and the micropyle is at the opposite extremity, there being a short funicle, the ovule is orthotropous.

  • As the first integument grows round it, the amount of inversion increases, and the funicle becomes adherent to the side of the nucellus.

  • Sometimes a long funicle arises from a basal placenta, reaches the summit of the ovary, and there bending over suspends the ovule, as in Armeria (sea-pink); at other times the hilum appears to be in the middle, and the ovule becomes horizontal.

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

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