'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]