单词 | funiculate |
释义 | funiculateadj. Now chiefly Botany. Resembling a rope or cord (cf. funicular adj. 3). Also (of a seed or ovule): having a stalk (cf. funicle n. 2, funiculus n. 2b). ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > membranes, etc., of embryo or fetus > [adjective] > umbilical cord funical1753 funiculate1826 funic1840 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 349 Funiculate, when it [sc. the postfrænum] forms a narrow ridge. 1894 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21 210 Ovules funiculate, longitudinal or transverse. 1917 Illinois Med. Jrnl. Nov. 311/1 Let us..scrutinize the relations of these aforementioned funiculate prolongations which accompany egressing structures. 1989 Bryologist 92 288/2 Branch leaves..often indistinctly funiculate. 2009 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 96 1283/2 Colony..becoming floccose with funiculate projections. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1826 |
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