acorn cup

1. 1.

   cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn

   Synonymscupule

   Broadercup

   Part ofacorn

Questions about acorn cup

What does acorn cup mean?

acorn cup means "cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn".

What is another word for acorn cup?

Close synonyms include cupule. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acorn cup a common word?

acorn cup is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.