Meaning

1 senses
  1. The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.

    cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn

Origin

From acorn + cup.

From acorn + cup.

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Forms

plural: acorn cups
Singularacorn cup
Pluralacorn cups

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
acorn cupule
Close in meaning
  • cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn:cupule

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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