funicle

A noun referring to the stalk that attaches an ovule or seed to the ovary wall in plants.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa o pedúnculo que liga o óvulo ou a semente à parede do ovário nas plantas.

1. Plant stalk C2 formal scientific

   The stalk that attaches an ovule or seed to the ovary wall in flowering plants.

   • The funicle connects the ovule to the placenta within the ovary.
   • After fertilization, the funicle supplies nutrients to the developing seed.
   • In some plants, the funicle elongates to form a structure called a funiculus.

   🇵🇹Funículo

   Sinônimos: funiculus

• funicles plural form
• funicles' possessive plural form
• funicle's possessive singular form