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ALL meanings of cupule

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  • noun cupule a cup-shaped part or structure, such as the cup around the base of an acorn 3
  • noun cupule a cuplike structure, as the part of an acorn that holds the nut 3
  • noun cupule A cup -shaped organ, structure, or receptacle in a plant or animal. 1
  • noun 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. 1
  • noun cupule Zoology. a small cup-shaped sucker or similar organ or part. 1
  • noun cupule Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies. 0
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