cupulate,a.Bot.|ˈkjuːpjʊlət| [f. as prec. + -ate.] Shaped like a cupule; furnished with or bearing a cupule. 1835Lindley Introd.Bot. (1848) I. 163 In figure they are..occasionally cupulate.1857Berkeley Cryptog. Bot. §301 The change from the cupulate to the clavate form.