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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CUPULIFEROUS
Cu
`
pu
*
lif
"
er
*ous (k `p-lf "r-s ), a.
Etym:
[
Cupule
+ -
ferous:
cf.
F.
cupulif.]
Defn:
Of,
pertaining
to,
or
resembling,
the
family
of
plants
ot
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.