cupule
Botany.
a cup-shaped whorl of hardened, cohering bracts, as in the acorn.
a cup-shaped outgrowth of the thallus of certain liverworts.
the apothecium of a cup fungus.
Zoology. a small cup-shaped sucker or similar organ or part.
Origin of cupule
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How to use cupule in a sentence
Among the specimens of the last class, one sort, the cupule, is extremely widespread.
Bracts forming a fleshy or hard cupule which envelops the one to several fruits.
The latter are in clusters of a few only, and each separate flower is enclosed in a cupule of overlapping scales.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. FurneauxIn the Chestnut the cupule forms the bur; in the Hazel, a leafy husk.
The Elements of Botany | Asa GrayHere the involucre, in the form of a cup at the base, is called the cupule.
The Elements of Botany | Asa Gray
British Dictionary definitions for cupule
/ (ˈkjuːpjuːl) /
biology a cup-shaped part or structure, such as the cup around the base of an acorn
Origin of cupule
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