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funicle n.= funiculus.

funicular

When ovule orientation is orthotropous the chalaza corresponds to the point where the funicle is attached but in anatropous and campylotropous ovules the chalaza is some distance from the funicle 當胚珠的方向是直生胚珠時,合點和珠柄連成一條直線,當胚珠是倒生胚珠或彎生胚珠時,合點和珠柄之間有一定的距離。

Funicle ( funiculus ) the stalk attaching the ovule ( later the seed ) to the placenta in angiosperm ovaries . nutrients pass through the funicle to the ovule and seed 珠柄:被子植物子房中連接胚珠(之后的種子)和胎座的柄。營養物質通過珠柄傳遞到胚珠和種子。

Hilum ( pl . hila ) 1 . a scar on the testa of a seed marking the point at which it was attached to the ovary wall by the funicle 種臍: 1是種子的外種皮上保留的一個痕跡,顯示種子與子房壁在此處靠珠柄連接。