different between microphyle vs funiculus

English

Etymology

From Latin funiculus, diminutive of funis (“rope, cord”) +? -culus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fj??n?k.j?l.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fj??n?k.j?l.?s/, /f??n?k.j?l.?s/
• Rhymes: -?kj?l?s

Noun

funiculus (plural funiculi)

1. (anatomy) Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres in the spinal cord
2. (botany) A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta

Translations

References

• “funiculus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “funiculus”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from f?nis (“cord, rope”) +? -culus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fu??ni.ku.lus/, [fu??n?k????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fu?ni.ku.lus/, [fu?ni?kulus]

Noun

f?niculus m (genitive f?nicul?); second declension

1. A slender rope, cord.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (cord): f?nicula, l?num, vinculum

Related terms

Descendants

References

• funiculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• funiculus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• funiculus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• funiculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette