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Vinony

funiculus

noun

  1. any cordlike structure, e.g. the umbilical cord or a nerve cord
  2. the stalk of a plant ovule
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /fjʊˈnɪk.jʊl.əs/ / /fjʊˈnɪk.jəl.əs/ / /fəˈnɪk.jəl.əs/

noun

Etymology: From Latin funiculus, diminutive of funis (“rope, cord”) + -culus.

  1. Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres (white matter) in the spinal cord. The white matter of the spinal cord is made of (posterior, anterior and lateral) columns/funiculi. The grey columns are also called horns but not funiculi.
  2. A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta.

    “The elaiosome emerges from the funiculus.”