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Plural funiculi funiculi
- A stalk connecting an ovule or a seed with the placenta (the ovary wall). In some plants, the funiculus develops into a fleshy seed covering called an aril.
- A slender, cordlike strand or band, especially a bundle of nerve fibers in a nerve trunk.
- Any of three major divisions of white matter in the spinal cord.
- The umbilical cord.
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