English Explanatory Dictionary

splash cup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cup-like structure in certain fungi and cryptogams, used in spore dispersal, such that the energy of raindrops falling into the cup causes the water to splash outward carrying the spores.

Word forms

splash cup splash cups
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