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Definition of Cupular
1. Adjective. Shaped like (or supporting) a cupule.
Definition of Cupular
1. cupulate [adj] - See also: cupulate
Medical Definition of Cupular
1. 1. Relating to a cupula. 2. Dome-shaped. Synonym: cupulate, cupuliform. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cupular
Literary usage of Cupular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Flora of British India by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1890)
"Ovary ovoid, narrowed below the cupular 4-toothed calyx-limb. Corolla-segments
spreading, narrow. ..."
2. Forest flora of British Burma by Sulpice Kurz (1877)
"Flowers hermaphrodite; calyx-tube bell-shaped or almost cylindrical, the limb
cupular, minutely 4-8-toothed. Petals 4-8, free, or at the base cohering into ..."
3. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1864)
"Here the cupular disk performs a conspicuous part, and is subject to two conditions;
either it is adnate to the calyx, or it is confluent for its entire ..."
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