Cupule

[kju:pju:l]

Definition

(noun.) a sucker on the feet of certain flies.

(noun.) cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn.

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Definition

(n.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc.

(n.) A sucker or acetabulum.

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Definition

n. (bot.) a shortened axis with a number of more or less cohering bracts enclosing the ripening fruit—also Cū′pula.—adj. Cupulif′erous bearing cupules.

Typist: Ruben