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fu·nic·u·lus

 (fyo͝o-nĭk′yə-ləs, fə-) also fu·ni·cle (fyo͞o′nĭ-kəl)
n. pl. fu·nic·u·li (-lī′) also fu·ni·cles
1. Anatomy A slender cordlike strand or band, especially:
a. A bundle of nerve fibers in a nerve trunk.
b. One of three major divisions of white matter in the spinal cord, consisting of fasciculi.
c. The umbilical cord.
2. Botany A stalk connecting an ovule or a seed with the placenta.
[Latin fūniculus, slender rope, diminutive of fūnis, rope.]
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funicle

(ˈfjuːnɪkəl)
n
(Botany) botany the stalk that attaches an ovule or seed to the wall of the ovary. Also called: funiculus
[C17: from Latin fūniculus a thin rope, from fūnis rope]
funiculate adj
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Noun1.funicle - the stalk of a plant ovule or seedfunicle - the stalk of a plant ovule or seed  
funiculus
stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
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Abbreviations used are the following: F = antennal funicle segment; mps = multiporous plate sensillum or sensilla on the antennal flagellar segments (= longitudinal sensillum or sensilla or sensory ridge(s) of other authors).
Complex of primary and secondary parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae and Signiphoridae) of Hypogeococcus spp. mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in the New World
The funicle has six antennomeres, the first being equal in length to the second and third together but wider than all the others; the second to sixth antennomeres are clearly wider than long and very compact.
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Their gallery leading to some hard parts of the seed such as funicle, they are unable to open normally the exit hole poorly prepared by the larva.
Impact of Bruchus rufimanus infestation upon broad bean seeds germination
The funicle aryl has already been described as efficient on the seeds dispersion, since its involves all the seed, allowing its fluctuation (Barroso, Amorim, Peixoto, & Ichaso, 1999).
Fruit and seed biometry and germination of Victoria amazonica (Poepp.) J.C. Sowerby (Nymphaeaceae) from the Pantanal floodplain/ Biometria do fruto e da semente e germinacao de victoria amazonica (Poepp.) J.C. Sowerby (Nymphaeaceae) do Pantanal
australiensis, which are the more widespread species of the genus, by the proportions of funicle segments and color of the gaster, in the case of C.
First report of Lecanodiaspis dendrobii Douglas, 1892 (Hemiptera: Lecanodiaspididae) and the associated parasitoid Cephaleta sp
The ovule is anatropous, presenting micropyle, funicle, inner and outer integument and nucellus in both floral types.
Dioecia funcional y polinizacion por polillas en cabralea canjerana subsp. canjerana (Meliaceae)
Body clothed with scales; head capsule developed, usually entire, frontal carina absent, frons indistinct or rarely concave; margin of mesocoxal cavity not composed by mesepisternum and mesepimeron, propleurae with or without depression for the reception of the anterior tarsi; funicle with 2nd and 3rd cylindrical, not triangular, antennal groove extending beyond the anterior half of the prosterno-pleural suture and deep enough to accommodate the rolled antennae.
Notes on Species of The Genus Meristhus Candeze, 1857 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) From Pakistan With a Description of a New Species

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