cupule

[ kyoo-pyool ]

/ ˈkyu pyul /

Botany.

Zoology. a small cup-shaped sucker or similar organ or part.

Origin of cupule

1820–30; < New Latin cūpula, Late Latin: small tub; see cupola

These cylindrical muscles with their cupule and tendon look like so many syringes.

An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4) |William Kirby
Here the involucre, in the form of a cup at the base, is called the Cupule.

The Elements of Botany |Asa Gray
In the Chestnut the cupule forms the bur; in the Hazel, a leafy husk.

The Elements of Botany |Asa Gray
The latter are in clusters of a few only, and each separate flower is enclosed in a cupule of overlapping scales.

Field and Woodland Plants |William S. Furneaux

Among the specimens of the last class, one sort, the cupule, is extremely widespread.

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, February 1899 |Various

cupule

/ (ˈkjuːpjuːl) /

biology a cup-shaped part or structure, such as the cup around the base of an acorn

C19: from Late Latin cūpula; see cupola