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Funicle

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of funiculus.
  2. 2
    the stalk of a plant ovule or seed wordnet
  3. 3
    Intermediate segments of the antenna of chalcid wasps adjoining the pedicel basally and the clava distally.

Etymology

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

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