Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cupuliferous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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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