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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
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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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