FUNICULUS (funiculi)

• FUNICULUS (noun)
  The noun FUNICULUS has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: FUNICULUS used as a noun is rare.

• FUNICULUS (noun)

Meaning:

The stalk of a plant ovule or seed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

funicle; funiculus

Hypernyms ("funiculus" is a kind of...):

stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)

Meaning:

Any of several body structure resembling a cord

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("funiculus" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "funiculus"):

medulla spinalis; spinal cord (a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region)

umbilical; umbilical cord (membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta)

spermatic cord (a structure resembling a cord that suspends the testis within the scrotum and contains the vas deferens and other vessels and nerves)