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funicle

Funicle vs Litchi - What's the difference?

funicle | litchi |


As a noun funicle

is (botany) the stalk or stem of an ovule or seed.

As a proper noun litchi is

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Funicle vs Micropyle - What's the difference?

funicle | micropyle |


In botany|lang=en terms the difference between funicle and micropyle

is that funicle is (botany) the stalk or stem of an ovule or seed while micropyle is (botany) in seed-bearing plants, a small opening in the integuments of the ovule through which sperm are able to access the ovum.

As nouns the difference between funicle and micropyle

is that funicle is (botany) the stalk or stem of an ovule or seed while micropyle is (botany) in seed-bearing plants, a small opening in the integuments of the ovule through which sperm are able to access the ovum.

Placenta vs Funicle - What's the difference?

placenta | funicle |


In botany terms the difference between placenta and funicle

is that placenta is in flowering plants, the part of the ovary where ovules develop; in non-flowering plants where the spores develop while funicle is the stalk or stem of an ovule or seed.

As nouns the difference between placenta and funicle

is that placenta is a vascular organ in mammals, except monotremes and marsupials, present only in the female during gestation. It supplies food and oxygen from the mother to the foetus, and passes back waste. It is implanted in the wall of the uterus and links to the foetus through the umbilical cord. It is expelled after birth while funicle is the stalk or stem of an ovule or seed.

Funicle vs Tunicle - What's the difference?

funicle | tunicle |


As nouns the difference between funicle and tunicle

is that funicle is the stalk or stem of an ovule or seed while tunicle is a small tunic.