funiculus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the stalk of a plant ovule or seed
    funicle.
  2. noun any of several body structure resembling a cord

WordNet

Fu*nic"u*lus noun
Etymology
L., a little cord. See Funicle.
Wordforms
plural Funiculi
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of white matter in the brain and spinal cord.
  2. (Zoöl.) (a) A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion. (b) In Bryozoa, an organ extending back from the stomach. See Bryozoa, and Phylactolema.

Webster 1913