Cupule: alternatives and connections

tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk

Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated…

Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle.

Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.

An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.

A husk; a pod; as, a peascod.

A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut.

Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn.

The husk covering an ear of Indian corn.

To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull.

To remove the husk from.

To strip of hair; to husk.

The husk or glume of oats.

The acorn or mast of the oak and similar fruits.

The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt.

A shrub or small tree of the genus Corylus, as the C. avellana, bearing a nut containing a kernel of a mild, farinaceous taste; the fi…

The outer covering of anything, particularly of a nut or of grain; the outer skin of a kernel; the husk.

A husk. See Husk, 2.