"cupule" meaning in English

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          "word": "cupular"
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          "word": "cupuliferous"
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          "word": "cupuliform"
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          "text": "Then they extract a three-angled beechnut from its cupule, weigh it, and push it into the loam.",
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        "Any small structure shaped like a cup, such as at the base of an acorn, or the sucker on the feet of some flies."
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          "sense": "small structure shaped like a cup",
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          "word": "kupula"
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