noun
- Plural of cupula; small cup-shaped anatomical structures or botanical formations.
Usage: technical/scientific; anatomy and botany
Examples
- The cupulae of the acorn are characteristic of oak species.
- In the inner ear, the cupulae respond to fluid movement during balance.
- Botanists examined the cupulae structures under the microscope.
- The cupulae in the semicircular canals detect rotational motion.
- Different tree species have distinctly shaped cupulae.