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cypsela

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Noun
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cyp=se=la

CIDE DICTIONARY

cypselan. [NL., fr. Gr. kypse`lh any hollow vessel.].
     A one-seeded, one-celled, indehiscent fruit; an achene with the calyx tube adherent.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cypsela, n. (pl. cypselae) Bot. a dry single-seeded fruit formed from a double ovary of which only one develops into a seed, characteristic of the daisy family Compositae.

Etymology
mod.L f. Gk kupsele hollow vessel

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