cupule: Meaning and Definition of
cu•pule
Pronunciation: (ky'pyl), [key] — n.
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- 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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