cypsela

American  

[sip-suh-luh] / ˈsɪp sə lə /

noun

Botany.

PLURAL

cypselae

1. an achene with an adherent calyx, as in the composite plants.

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cypsela British  

/ ˈsɪpsɪlə /

noun

1. the dry one-seeded fruit of the daisy and related plants, which resembles an achene but is surrounded by a calyx sheath

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cypsela Scientific  

/ sĭp′sə-lə /

PLURAL

cypselae

1. A type of dry fruit consisting of an achene with a closely adhering calyx, the characteristic fruit of the aster family. Dandelions produce cypselae in which the plume, or pappus, is actually a modified sepal.

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Etymology

Origin of cypsela

1865–70; < New Latin < Greek kypsélē hollow vessel, chest, box

Example Sentences

Achene; caryopsis; cypsela; nut; schizocarp. ii.

From Project Gutenberg

Perhaps Cypsela, a fort in Parrhasia, near Sciritis in Laconia, is the same as Basilis, Thucyd.

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They also meant to demolish, if possible, the fort of Cypsela which the Mantineans had built and garrisoned in the Parrhasian territory, to annoy the district of Sciritis in Laconia.

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The Lacedaemonians accordingly laid waste the Parrhasian country, and the Mantineans, placing their town in the hands of an Argive garrison, addressed themselves to the defence of their confederacy, but being unable to save Cypsela or the Parrhasian towns went back to Mantinea.

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And they came on the set day to the place of meeting in a very fair field, near the city of Cypsela.

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