cupule

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C0809300 (kyo͞o′pyo͞ol) 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.

[Late Latin cūpula, little cask, diminutive of Latin cūpa, tub; see cupola.]

cupule

(ˈkjuːpjuːl) n (Biology) biology a cup-shaped part or structure, such as the cup around the base of an acorn[C19: from Late Latin cūpula; see cupola]

cu•pule

(ˈkyu pyul)

n. 1. a cup-shaped whorl of hardened, cohering bracts, as in the acorn. 2. a small cup-shaped sucker or similar organ or part. [1820–30; < New Latin cūpula, Late Latin: small tub]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cupule - cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acornacorn cupacorn - fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped basecup - cup-shaped plant organ
	2.	cupule - a sucker on the feet of certain fliessucker - an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction

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Cupule

cupule

[′kyü‚pyül] (botany) The cup-shaped involucre characteristic of oaks. A cup-shaped corolla. The gemmae cup of the Marchantiales. (invertebrate zoology) A small sucker on the feet of certain male flies.

Cupule

an organ that surrounds an entire fruit or only the base of a fruit. The cupule is formed by the proliferation of the fused bract and bractlets of pistillate flowers (for example, in the filbert and hornbeam). It may also be formed by the proliferation of the axils of the inflorescence on which the bracts and bractlets of undeveloped flowers appear in the form of nodules, scales, or needles (for example, in the oak). In the beech and chestnut, the axil of the inflorescence, in addition to the leaves, may take part in the formation of the cupule.

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

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noun a sucker on the feet of certain flies

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