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Webster 1913 Edition
Cupuliferous
Cuˊpu-lif′er-ous
(k?ˊp?-l?f′?r-?s)
, Adj.
[
Cupule
+ -ferous
: cf. F. cupulifère
.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of 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.