Meaning of cupule

cu•pule

Pronunciation: (ky'pyl), [key]

— n.

a cup-shaped whorl of hardened, cohering bracts, as in the acorn. See illus. underacorn.
a cup-shaped outgrowth of the thallus of certain liverworts.
the apothecium of a cup fungus.

a small cup-shaped sucker or similar organ or part.

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