a. [f. L. cūpula + -AR. Cf. F. cupulaire (1798 in Bulliard Dict. de Botan.).]
1. Bot. Shaped like a cupule.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 8. Ilicineæ … funicle often cupular. Ibid., 83. Calyx of the male campanulate, female cupular.
2. Cupular cautery, ‘a cup-shaped cautery, formerly used for destroying portions of the skin of the head in epilepsy and other diseases’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
