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- DictionaryCu·pule/ˈkyo͞opyo͞ol/
noun
- 1. a cup-shaped organ, structure, or receptacle in a plant or animal.
3 days ago · Definitions of cupule. noun. cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn. synonyms: acorn cup. see more. noun. a sucker on the feet of certain flies. see more.
May 10, 2024 · The meaning of ACORN is the nut of the oak usually seated in or surrounded by a hard woody cupule of indurated bracts.
May 17, 2024 · acorn, nut of the oak. Acorns are usually seated in or surrounded by a woody cupule. They mature within one to two seasons, and their appearance varies depending on the species of oak. Acorns provide food for wildlife and are used to fatten swine and poultry.
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May 21, 2024 · Alasemenia suggests that the integuments of the earliest ovules without a cupule evolved functions in wind dispersal and probable photosynthetic nutrition. It indicates that the seed wing originated earlier than other wind dispersal mechanisms such as seed plume and pappus, and that three- or four-winged seeds were followed by seeds with less ...
May 5, 2024 · Umaltolepis consisted of a thick, resinous umbrella-like four-lobed cupule borne on a stalk-like column, which was attached to the tip of a short shoot. The cupule is typically up to 2 centimetres (0.79 in) in length, and up to 1 centimetre (0.39 in) in width.
1 day ago · Chestnut trees are of moderate growth rate (for the Chinese chestnut tree) to fast-growing for American and European species. [4] Their mature heights vary from the smallest species of chinkapins, often shrubby, [5] to the giant of past American forests, C. dentata that could reach 60 metres (200 feet). Between these extremes are found the ...
May 21, 2024 · Abstract. The ovules or seeds (fertilized ovules) with wings are widespread and especially important for wind dispersal. However, the earliest ovules in the Famennian of the Late Devonian are rarely known about the dispersal syndrome and usually surrounded by a cupule.
