cup-shaped
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The oaks have waxy, cup-shaped leaves — not only do they rarely go up in flame, but they can catch embers out of the sky and extinguish them, Yelchin said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2024
In particular, goblet cells -- cup-shaped cells that secrete mucus -- expressed those genes only in the presence of ILC2s, a kind of immune cell.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024
If you don’t have room for small appliances, place a carafe with a cup-shaped lid on the nightstand so guests won’t have to walk to the kitchen for a middle-of-the-night drink of water.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2021
The three areas of each hip bone, the ilium, pubis, and ischium, converge centrally to form a deep, cup-shaped cavity called the acetabulum.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
The beach, miraculously, was empty, a small, cup-shaped bay where no ship could have anchored—no docks, no port.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
