The straight line does not correspond with the funicle, which is not straight, but is pushed up in a curved form against the upper edge of the cell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference

This happens when the fruit is in the tree crown and the seeds are still attached to the inner fruit wall by a cord called a funicle, which, in turn, is surrounded by a fleshy, white outgrow called an aril.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brazil nut family (Lecythidaceae) in the New World] Reference

Ovular characters determine the grouping in the Dicotyledons, van Tieghem supporting the view that the integument, the outer if there be two, is the lamina of a leaf of which the funicle is the petiole, whilst the nucellus is an outgrowth of this leaf, and the inner integument, if present, an indusium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference

Suzanna's a funicle man cho: Sing lassy go rings below.    From Wordnik.com.  [Suzanna's a Funicle Man] Reference

I learned t this with the title 'Suzanna's a funicle man'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Old Sow (2)] Reference

Caulis: the funicle of antenna: the corneous basal part of jaws.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

Annelet or annellus: Hym.; small ring-joints between scape and funicle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

As Mesorhopella but golden, antenna short, capitate, club equal funicle, funicles transverse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Appellation spring] Reference

The colorful funicle seems to attract ants and birds, and this may help to disperse the seed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 5] Reference

No inversion can, therefore, really take place in anatropous ovules, but the blade of the leaf is bent back on the funicle, with which its margins also cohere.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference

Every variation was observed, generally the more leafy the outer tegument the greater was the degree of straightness of the funicle, and the abortion of the nucleus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference

The former presents the distinct appearance of a straight line, originating in the same spot as the funicle, and terminating in a very well marked, circular depression; it is formed by the funicle as far as the cells of the legume.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference

Acacia auriculiformis looks much like Acacia aulacocarpa and Acacia crassicarpa (see below), but the fine veins of the phyllodes are anastomose (interconnected), the pods are narrower and more undulate than those of Acacia aulacocarpa, and the funicle encircles each seed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

The above marking, corresponding as it does in the flat part of the legume with the funicle, evidently points to a peculiarity in the distribution of the vascular system; probably it consists of the testa, and if so, it is worthy of remark, as the main vessels ordinarily a single one, run along the edge, and not on the flat surface of the fruit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference

Suzanna's a funicle man.    From Wordnik.com.  [Suzanna's a Funicle Man] Reference