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splash cup

splash cup noun: a cup-like structure in certain fungi and cryptogams, used in spore dispersal, such that the energy of raindrops falling into the cup causes the water to splash outward carrying the spores.

Noun

splash cup (plural splash cups)

  1. A cup-like structure in certain fungi and cryptogams, used in spore dispersal, such that the energy of raindrops falling into the cup causes the water to splash outward carrying the spores.

Forms of splash cup

pluralsplash cups

Questions about splash cup

What does splash cup mean?
Splash cup means a cup-like structure in certain fungi and cryptogams, used in spore dispersal, such that the energy of raindrops falling into the cup causes the water to splash outward carrying the spores.
What part of speech is splash cup?
Splash cup is a noun.
What is the plural of splash cup?
The plural of splash cup is splash cups.

Words near splash cup in the dictionary

  1. splash about
  2. splash and dash
  3. splash and dashes
  4. splash around
  5. splash ball
  6. splash cup
  7. splash cups
  8. splash cymbal
  9. splash cymbals
  10. splash dam
  11. splash damage

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