Funicle

Word FUNICLE
Character 7
Hyphenation fu ni cle
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Funicle"

What do we mean by funicle?

The stalk or stem of an ovule or seed.

Intermediate segments of the antenna of chalcid wasps adjoining the pedicel basally and the clava distally.

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The word "funicle" in example sentences

This happens when the fruit is in the tree crown and the seeds are still attached to the inner fruit wall by a cord called a funicle, which, in turn, is surrounded by a fleshy, white outgrow called an aril. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A bright-orange ribbon, known as a funicle, attaches each seed to the pod. ❋ Unknown (1983)

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. ❋ Various (N/A)

The straight line does not correspond with the funicle, which is not straight, but is pushed up in a curved form against the upper edge of the cell. ❋ William Griffith (N/A)

As Mesorhopella but golden, antenna short, capitate, club equal funicle, funicles transverse. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2007)

I learned t this with the title 'Suzanna's a funicle man'. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Suzanna's a funicle man cho: Sing lassy go rings below ❋ Unknown (1999)

Each seed is encircled by a long red, yellow or orange funicle. ❋ Unknown (1990)

The colorful funicle seems to attract ants and birds, and this may help to disperse the seed. ❋ Unknown (1983)

Acacia auriculiformis looks much like Acacia aulacocarpa and Acacia crassicarpa (see below), but the fine veins of the phyllodes are anastomose (interconnected), the pods are narrower and more undulate than those of Acacia aulacocarpa, and the funicle encircles each seed. ❋ Unknown (1983)

No inversion can, therefore, really take place in anatropous ovules, but the blade of the leaf is bent back on the funicle, with which its margins also cohere. ❋ Maxwell T. Masters (N/A)

Observed to-day a curious monstrosity of the ovula of the Lonicera of this place, from which it is evident, that the ovule represents a bud; the funicle the _stalk_; the teguments convolute leaves, and the nucleus the punctum of growth. ❋ William Griffith (N/A)

Every variation was observed, generally the more leafy the outer tegument the greater was the degree of straightness of the funicle, and the abortion of the nucleus. ❋ William Griffith (N/A)

The above marking, corresponding as it does in the flat part of the legume with the funicle, evidently points to a peculiarity in the distribution of the vascular system; probably it consists of the testa, and if so, it is worthy of remark, as the main vessels ordinarily a single one, run along the edge, and not on the flat surface of the fruit. ❋ William Griffith (N/A)

The former presents the distinct appearance of a straight line, originating in the same spot as the funicle, and terminating in a very well marked, circular depression; it is formed by the funicle as far as the cells of the legume. ❋ William Griffith (N/A)

Annelet or annellus: Hym.; small ring-joints between scape and funicle. ❋ John. B. Smith (N/A)

Pedicellus or Pedicle: the third joint in a geniculate antenna: forming the pivot between scape and funicle: in general, a stalk or stem. ❋ John. B. Smith (N/A)

Caulis: the funicle of antenna: the corneous basal part of jaws. ❋ John. B. Smith (N/A)

Griffith, in alluding to a similar case in _Sinapis_, [273] describes the ovules as foliaceous, and having their backs turned away from the axis, the raphe being next to the axis and representing the midrib the funicle corresponding to the petiole. ❋ Maxwell T. Masters (N/A)

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