Defn: A shake or fissure between the annual rings of a tree, found oftenest near the roots.
CUPULATE
Cu"pu*late (k"p-lt), a.
Defn: Having or bearing cupeles; cupuliferous.
CUPULE
Cu"pule (k"pl), n. Etym: [See Cupola.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A cuplet or little cup, as the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A sucker or acetabulum.
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.