2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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
2. (Zo["o]l.) A sucker or acetabulum.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cupule
n 1: cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an
acorn [syn: {acorn cup}]
2: a sucker on the feet of certain flies
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