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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.

funicle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) the stalk or stem of an ovule or seed
  • * The elaiosome emerges from the funicle.

    • References

    * http://www.thefreedictionary.com/funicle

    tunicle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A small tunic.
  • A vestment worn by an archdeacon.
  • * 1845', In illustrating his views on the Popish tendency of these rubrics, the rev. gentleman particularly referred to the use of the alb, and cope, and '''tunicle , by the clergy in the discharge of their official duties. — ''The Times , 11 Jan 1845, p.5 col. D
  • (anatomy) A tunica; a membrane or membranous sheath of skin.

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