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Meaning of CYPSELA

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cyp"se*la\ (s?p"s?-l?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ???? any
hollow vessel.] (Bot.)
A one-seeded, one-celled, indehiscent fruit; an achene with
the calyx tube adherent.

 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: A dry, indehiscent, one-seeded fruit formed from an inferior ovary. Compare achene.
 

 

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