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Webster 1913 Edition


Cupuliferous

Cuˊpu-lif′er-ous

(k?ˊp?-l?f′?r-?s)
,
Adj.
[
Cupule
+
-ferous
: cf. F.
cupulifère
.]
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the oak and the chestnut are examples, – trees bearing a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnished with, a cupule.

Definition 2024


cupuliferous

cupuliferous

English

Adjective

cupuliferous (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Bearing, or furnished with, a cupule.
    The oak and the chestnut are cupuliferous.