definition of funicular
From Latin fÅ«niculus (âcordâ), diminutive from fÅ«nis (âcordâ) + -culus. funicular (comparative more funicular, superlative most funicular) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable. (botany) Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the funiculus, the attachment point of the seed.