'Cupule' definitions:

Definition of 'cupule'

From: WordNet
noun
Cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn [syn: cupule, acorn cup]
noun
A sucker on the feet of certain flies

Definition of 'Cupule'

From: GCIDE
  • Cupule \Cu"pule\ (k?"p?l), n. [See Cupola.]
  • 1. (Bot.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) A sucker or acetabulum. [1913 Webster]

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