cupularadj.
/ˈkjuːpjʊlə/ 1. Botany. Shaped like a cupule.
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scutellate1785
acetabuliform1824
cupulate1835
crateriform1866
cupular1870
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 80 Ilicineæ..funicle often cupular.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 83 Calyx of the male campanulate, female cupular.
2. cupular cautery, ‘a cup-shaped cautery, formerly used for destroying portions of the skin of the head in epilepsy and other diseases’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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