The calybium (pl.: calybia) and the cupule make up the accessory fruit of flowering plants in the family Fagaceae. These two parts derive from different...
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they are called a cupstone. In botany: the base of an acorn, see calybium and cupule. In entomology, a sucker on the feet of some flies. Cupula (disambiguation)...
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Castanopsis (section Distribution and habitat)
clusters. The fruit is a calybium, the kind of encased nut typical of Fagaceae. The calybium (nut) resembles a pointed acorn; the cupule (casing) is hard like...
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Castanopsis argentea (section Distribution and habitat)
Indonesia, where it is known as sarangan. It is native to the islands of Java and Sumatra. Castanopsis argentea is a large tree, growing from 15 to 30 meters...
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Chestnut (category Edible nuts and seeds)
fruit-producing flowers. Two or three flowers together form a four-lobed prickly calybium, which ultimately grows completely together to make the brown hull, or...
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a base. cupule A cup-shaped structure composed of coalescent bracts, such as the cup of an acorn. See calybium. cupular Shaped like a cupule. cupulate...
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