Having the shape of a cupule; cup-shaped or resembling a small cup in form and structure.
From Latin cupula 'small cup' and forma 'form or shape.' This descriptive term emerged in biological and botanical contexts to precisely characterize structural morphology.
The suffix -form means 'shaped like,' so a cupuliform structure could be anything cup-shaped—from a fungal cap to a geological formation. Scientists love this word because it describes shape without needing to explain what's inside.
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