Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, the funiculus. See
seed , 1.
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Examples
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Immense crops of mapira (holcus sorghum) are raised; one species of it forms a natural bend on the seed-stalk, so that the massive ear hangs down.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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Take a seed-stalk of the Plantain and you will find it thickly set with little cups, as in the drawing.
Woodland Tales Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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Immense crops of mapira (_holcus sorghum_) are raised; one species of it forms a natural bend on the seed-stalk, so that the massive ear hangs down.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 David Livingstone 1843
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