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cupule

cupule noun: any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies.

Noun

cupule (plural cupules)

  1. Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies.
    • Then they extract a three-angled beechnut from its cupule, weigh it, and push it into the loam.2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 146

cupule meaning in Tamil

cupule in Tamil

ஊன்பசை

Forms of cupule

pluralcupules

Origin of cupule

From cup + -ule.; former is derived from Old English copp of Germanic origin thus not related (false cognate) to cupula of Latin origin, but perhaps influenced it

Words formed from cupule

Questions about cupule

What does cupule mean?
Cupule means any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies.
What is cupule in Tamil?
Cupule in Tamil is ஊன்பசை. See Cupule meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cupule?
Cupule is a noun.
What is the plural of cupule?
The plural of cupule is cupules.

Words near cupule in the dictionary

  1. cupular
  2. cupularly
  3. cupulas
  4. cupulate
  5. cupulately
  6. cupule
  7. cupules
  8. cupuliferous
  9. cupuliform
  10. cupulocrinid
  11. cupulogram

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cupule (page history and authors); cupule (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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