Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In physiology, having the form of a cotyle; shaped like a cup, with a tube at the base.
  • In botany, dish-shaped, with the border erect, as the leaves of Victoria Amazonica.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Shaped like a cotyle or a cup.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective botany Having the form of a cup (cotyle)

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