funiculus

/fjสŠหˆnษชk.jสŠl.ษ™s/

IPA: /F AH0 N AH0 K Y AH0 L AH0 S/

noun
  1. 1

    Any of several cordlike structures, especially the umbilical cord, or a bundle of nerve fibres in the spinal cord

  2. 2

    A stalk that connects the seed (or ovule) with the placenta

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/funiculus