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- DictionaryCu·pule/ˈkyo͞opyo͞ol/
noun
- 1. a cup-shaped organ, structure, or receptacle in a plant or animal.
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noun. cu· pule ˈkyü- (ˌ)pyül. : a cup-shaped anatomical structure: such as. a. : an involucre characteristic of the oak in which the bracts are indurated and coherent. b. : an outer integument partially enclosing the seed of some seed ferns. Examples of cupule in a Sentence.
Cupule definition: a cup-shaped whorl of hardened, cohering bracts, as in the acorn.. See examples of CUPULE used in a sentence.
3 days ago · noun. 1. Botany. a. a cup-shaped whorl of hardened, cohering bracts, as in the acorn. b. a cup-shaped outgrowth of the thallus of certain liverworts. c. the apothecium of a cup fungus. 2. Zoology. a small cup-shaped sucker or similar organ or part. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Define cupule. cupule synonyms, cupule pronunciation, cupule translation, English dictionary definition of cupule. ) n. A small cup-shaped structure or organ, such as the cup at the base of an acorn or one of the suckers on the feet of certain flies.
Bracts forming a fleshy or hard cupule which envelops the one to several fruits.
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.
Cupule Definition. A cuplike structure, as the part of an acorn that holds the nut. A small cup-shaped structure or organ, such as the cup at the base of an acorn or one of the suckers on the feet of certain flies.
