noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of funiculus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: funiculus
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
funicle
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noun
Meaning 2
Intermediate segments of the antenna of chalcid wasps adjoining the pedicel basally and the clava distally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the stalk of a plant ovule or seed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: funiculus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stalk, stem
History
Etymology
From Latin fūniculus (“cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“cord”) + -culus.