Cupuliferous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cupuliferous \Cu`pu*lif"er*ous\ (k?`p?-l?f"?r-?s), a. [Cupule +
     -ferous: cf. F. cupulif[`e]re.]
     Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of
     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.


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