1. Its ears were small , cup - shaped antennae 2. Tulip grows large brightly - colored cup - shaped flower in spring 3. The buttercup is a wild plant with bright yellow cup - shaped flowers 4. Computer - aided simulation of plant stalk die compaction processes in cup - shaped mold 5. Numerical simulation and experimentation cup - shaped thin - walled inner rectangular gear formed by spinning 6. It can swim through its diflagella and has a large cup - shaped chloroplast which comprises about 48 % of the cell volume 7. A hollow metal instrument , usually cup - shaped with a flared opening , that emits a metallic tone when struck 8. It is a daily movement , mainly in spring flowers that are pale and cup - shaped like wood anemones and buttercups 9. The cutin layer on leaves is thin . there are a lot of cup - shaped poly - cell salt glands in depressed sites of both up - and under - epidermis 10. A small cup - shaped structure or organ , such as the cup at the base of an acorn or one of the suckers on the feet of certain flies