noun see: hive Date: 1826 a cup-shaped anatomical structure: as, an involucre characteristic of the oak in which the bracts are indurated and coherent, an outer integument partially enclosing the seed of some seed ferns
CUPULE
Meaning of CUPULE in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012