cupule

[ kyoo-pyool ]

/ ˈkyu pyul /

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noun

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.

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Origin of cupule

1820–30; <New Latin cūpula,Late Latin: small tub; see cupola

Words nearby cupule

cup tie, cup-tied, cup towel, cupula, cupulate, cupule, cupuliform cataract, cupulogram, cupulometry, cur, curable

How to use cupule in a sentence

Among the specimens of the last class, one sort, the cupule, is extremely widespread.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1899|Various
Bracts forming a fleshy or hard cupule which envelops the one to several fruits.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8|Various
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. Furneaux
In the Chestnut the cupule forms the bur; in the Hazel, a leafy husk.
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray

Here 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

cupule

/ (ˈkjuːpjuːl) /

noun

biology a cup-shaped part or structure, such as the cup around the base of an acorn

Word Origin for cupule

C19: from Late Latin cūpula; see cupola

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