Answer: cupules

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cupulesCUPULE, a cup-shaped anatomical structure, also CUPULA
cupulesa. cup-shaped whorl of hardened, cohering bracts, as in the acorn b. cup-shaped outgrowth of the thallus of certain liverworts c. the apothecium of a cup fungus
cupulessmall cup-shaped sucker or similar organ or part