Meanings
adjectivecupuliferous (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyBearing, or furnished with, a cupule.
The oak and the chestnut are cupuliferous.
Origin
From cupule + -ferous: compare French cupulifère.
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Rhymes with cupuliferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
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APA
cupuliferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cupuliferous
MLA
“cupuliferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cupuliferous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cupuliferous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cupuliferous.
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