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1. (n.) cupule
a cup-shaped whorl of hardened, cohering bracts, as in the acorn.
2. cupule
a small cup-shaped sucker or similar organ or part.
Etymology: (1820–30; < NL cūpula, LL: small tub)
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1. (noun) cupule, acorn cup
cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn
2. (noun) cupule
a sucker on the feet of certain flies
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1. (noun) cupule
a cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc
2. (noun) cupule
a sucker or acetabulum
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