cupule
cupule 1. A hard or membranous cup-shaped structure formed from bracts and enclosing various fruits, such as the hazelnut and acorn.
2. A structure in club mosses (
Lycopodium species) that protects the gemma (resting bud) during its development. It is composed of six leaflike structures.
3. The bright red tissue around the seed of yew (
Taxus), forming the yew `berry'.
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Sea fog around the Korean peninsula
Magazine article from: Journal of Applied Meteorology; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...of the air temperature minus the sea surface temperature is highest in all seas in July, when the frequency of sea fog occurrence is at its maximum...1). The west sea and the south sea are shelf seas with maximum depths of less than...
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The Sea Ice Extent Anomaly in the North Pacific and Its Impact on the East Asian Summer Monsoon Rainfall
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk, respectively...retreats in late spring. The sea ice extents in these seas are apparently affected...1997). Positive winter sea ice extent anomalies in the Barents and Kara Seas may weaken northerlies...
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Sea rescue: the country's weirdest body of water needs an extreme makeover.(Earth)(Salton Sea)(includes "Multiple Choice" quiz)
Magazine article from: Current Science, a Weekly Reader publication; 10/8/2004; ; 700+ words
; Norm Niver loves living by the Salton Sea. Pelicans gather over its calm waters at sunrise. The days...said Niver, a musician and the unofficial mayor of the sea. The Salton Sea is a large inland salt lake located in the blazing California...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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SEA SWEEP SETS PACE FOR ABSORBENTS.(Business)(CORPORATE PROFILE)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 10/24/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...pounds of waste, Markham said. Sea Sweep ``has been a very useful tool,'' he said. Sea Sweep was included in R&...received a gold medal at the Clean Seas International Conference that...approvals for its use. While Sea Sweep costs more than competing...
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Sea-Land expands service in Hawaii.
PR Newswire; 5/5/1988; 700+ words
; SEA-LAND EXPANDS SERVICE IN HAWAII HONOLULU...The U. S.-flag containership carrier, Sea-Land Service Inc., said today it is adding...calls at five ports at four Neighbor Islands. Sea-Land said it will provide regularly scheduled...
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Sea-Land launches SEA-PAY(SM) - a new electronic payment system easier, more efficient for U.S. customers.
PR Newswire; 9/22/1988; 700+ words
; SEA-LAND LAUNCHES SEA-PAY(SM) -- A NEW ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEM EASIER, MORE EFFICIENT...EDISON, N.J., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S.-flag carrier Sea- Land Service Inc. today announced the launch of SEA-PAY (SM...
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Sea Spray Impacts on Intensifying Midlatitude Cyclones
Magazine article from: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ABSTRACT Air-sea transfer processes over the ocean strongly...develop. High winds generate large amounts of sea spray, which can modify the transfer of momentum, heat, and moisture across the air-sea interface. However, the extent to which...
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Sea snakes.(facts about sea snakes)
Magazine article from: Ranger Rick; 7/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; PADDLE POWER The back end of a sea snake is as flat as a canoe paddle - and...and adds zip to the trip. KINDLY KILLERS Sea snakes have the most powerful poison of...up to eight drops in one bite. But most sea snakes will bite a person only when bothered...
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SEA LIFE Celebrates Newest Aquarium and Arizona's Treasures in Kick-off Event.
Newspaper article from: Pediatrics Week; 12/19/2009; 700+ words
; SEA LIFE, the world's largest aquarium brand, celebrated today its newest aquarium, SEA LIFE Arizona, scheduled to open in Tempe...suitable location for our first stand-alone SEA LIFE attraction in the U.S. Given its large...
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 "Korea Times (Seoul, Korea)")
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`East Sea,' `Sea of Japan' Used Together by Nat'l Geographic.
Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea); 4/7/2000; 700+ words
; ...National Geographic Society has made a decision to use East Sea and Sea of Japan together to more clearly identify the body of...really clear-cut. That's the case here with the East Sea/Sea of Japan issue, so we want to recognize both names...
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Sea Level
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
Sea Level Sea level is defined as the height of the sea surface above an equipotential surface, called the geoid. The geoid is where the sea surface would come to rest in the absence of tides, water density variations, currents, and atmospheric...
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seas
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...traditionally there were seven seas—the Red Sea, the Mediterranean...exceptional deep-sea environments. The...Mediterranean and Red Seas, Gibraltar and Bab...high seas ; narrow seas ; oceans ; united...on the law of the sea . M. V. Angel
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Sea Lions
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Sea Lions Sea lions are large marine mammals in the family Otariidae, suborder Pinnipedia...and South Atlantic coasts and on many islands of the Southern Hemisphere. Sea lions may have appeared first on the Pacific shores during the Lower Miocene...
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Marginal Seas
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
...Some of the major marginal seas include the Arabian Sea, Baltic Sea, Bay of Bengal...Sea, Ross Sea, Weddell Sea, and all four of the Siberian Seas (Barents, Kara, Laptev...below. Black and Baltic Seas. The Black Sea and Baltic Sea basins...
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Sea Water, Gases in
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
Sea Water, Gases in Gases in sea water reveal the ways in which a variety of physical, chemical...and coastal environments. A series of reactive trace gases found in sea water include methane, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, hydrogen...
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