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Definitions

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.

Synonyms

All synonyms

funiculus

Etymology

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

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