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Definition of Cupulate
1. Adjective. Shaped like (or supporting) a cupule.
Definition of Cupulate
1. a. Having or bearing cupules; cupuliferous.
Definition of Cupulate
1. Adjective. Cup-shaped. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cupulate
1. cup-shaped [adj]
Medical Definition of Cupulate
1. 1. Relating to a cupula. 2. Dome-shaped. Synonym: cupulate, cupuliform. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cupulate
Literary usage of Cupulate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Synoptical Flora of North America by Asa Gray, Sereno Watson (1897)
"Flowers 4-merous and mostly perfect : disk cupulate, united with the base of the
ovary, the margin 4-lobed : tendrils mostly strong : foliage in ours thick ..."
2. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1918)
"... crowded in annular groups 3-6 mm. across, on larger discolored spots, cupulate,
0.2-0.4 nun. in diameter, ..."
3. Pittonia by Edward Lee Greene (1905)
"Any one who can read Scheele's characterization of the species must see that it
had cupulate nutlets; and Gray cited it as a synonym of his var. ..."
4. North American Flora by New York Botanical Garden (1905)
"... inflorescence cymose with strongly ascending branches ; hypanthium cupulate,
in fruit 3 mm. wide, glandular puberulent and slightly silky-pilose; ..."
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