Definition of Cypsela. Meaning of Cypsela. Synonyms of Cypsela

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Definition of Cypsela

Cypsela
Cypsela 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.

Meaning of Cypsela from wikipedia

- Cypsela may refer to: Cypsela (Arcadia), a fortress of ancient Arcadia, Greece Cypsela (Thrace), a fortress of ancient Thrace, now in Turkey İpsala, the...
- In members of the Asteraceae the fruit is achene-like, and is called a cypsela (plural cypselae). Although there are two fused carpels, there is only...
- Asteraceae fruit is cypsela (plural cypselae or cypselas). For example, the white-gray husks of a sunflower "seed" are the walls of the cypsela fruit.[clarification...
- Cypsela or Kypsela (Ancient Gr****: Κυψέλα or Κύψελα), was an ancient Gr**** town on the river Hebrus in ancient Thrace, which was once an important place...
- Cypsela or Kypsela (Ancient Gr****: Κύψελα) was a fortress in the district of Parrhasia in ancient Arcadia, which was occupied and fortified by the Mantineians...
- applied to the seed in its pericarp (hull). Botanically speaking, it is a cypsela. When dehulled, the edible remainder is called the sunflower kernel or...
- yellowish disc florets that look like rays. The fruit is a ribbed, glandular cypsela, usually with a pappus on the end. Species include: Tanacetum abrotanifolium...
- The fruit is a cypsela surrounded by the hardened remains of the involucral bracts. The numerous small seeds are retained in the cypsela until the plant...
- Bozkurt and Fatih. In Roman and Byzantine times, this was the town of Cypsela, which belonged to the Roman province of Rhodope, whose capital and metropolitan...
- compressed cypselas, each enclosed by a palea, the outer rows higher than the inner ones. There are no pappus bristles on top of the cypselas. The yellow...