(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