# Funicle

**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/funicle
**Parent**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/

Alternative: funiculus

the stalk of an [ovule](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/ovule "the megasporangium (nucellus) together with the integuments of a seed plant. After fertilization the ovule develops into the seed.").

## Related terms

- [Aril](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/aril)
- [Campylotropous](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/campylotropous)
- [Chalaza](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/chalaza)
- [Ovule](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/ovule)