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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Funiculus \Fu*nic"u*lus\, n.; pl {Funiculi}. [L., a little cord. See {Funicle}.] 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. (Zo["o]l.) 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: funiculus n : the stalk of a plant ovule or seed [syn: {funicle}]
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