(adj) :
of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a
rope or
cable; having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the
funiculus, the attachment point of the seed
(n) :
a particular type of
rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two
cars sharing a single
track, with the cars linked by a
cable and an arrangement of
pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as
counterweights for each other