Cupular (Adjective)
Meaning
Shaped like (or supporting) a cupule.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The botanist examined the acorns carefully, noting their distinctive cupular cap covering the stem attachment.
- In certain types of leaves, cupular stipules serve to protect the young leaves from the environment.
- She pointed to a part of the tree trunk that formed a small, cupular indentation where water could collect.
- As she continued studying, the paleobotanist focused on fossil evidence that resembled the cupular scale coverings on a plant species that no longer exists.
- Biologists made discoveries that in early plants a rudimentary root called rhizophore produced one main axis in the lower, more swollen cupular region and gave off root hairs on its sides.