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cupuliferous
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cupuliferous, a. [Cupule + -ferous: cf. F. cupulif.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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