A small rope, cord, or rope-like structure; in botany, the stalk connecting a seed to the ovule wall.
From Latin funiculus (small rope, diminutive of funis). This term is most commonly used in botanical contexts, where it describes the specialized structure that attaches seeds within fruits.
If you cut open a bean pod, that thin string-like attachment connecting each bean to the pod wall is the funicle—it's how the developing seed stays connected to its parent plant while growing, like a botanical umbilical cord.
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