cupule
/kyoo-pyool/US // ˈkyu pyul //UK // (ˈkjuːpjuːl) //
壳斗,杯状物,壳库,壳斗室
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Botany. a cup-shaped whorl of hardened, cohering bracts, as in the acorn.a cup-shaped outgrowth of the thallus of certain liverworts.the apothecium of a cup fungus.
- : Zoology. a small cup-shaped sucker or similar organ or part.
Examples
Among the specimens of the last class, one sort, the cupule, is extremely widespread.
Bracts forming a fleshy or hard cupule which envelops the one to several fruits.
The latter are in clusters of a few only, and each separate flower is enclosed in a cupule of overlapping scales.
In the Chestnut the cupule forms the bur; in the Hazel, a leafy husk.
Here the involucre, in the form of a cup at the base, is called the Cupule.
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