‖ Cypsela Bot.
(ˈsɪpsɪlə)
[mod.Lat., ad. Gr. κυψέλη hollow vessel, chest, box.]
A kind of dry one-seeded fruit; an achene with an adnate calyx, as in the Compositæ.
| 1870 Bentley Bot. 313 The Cypsela differs in nothing essential from the achænium, except in being inferior and of a compound nature. 1880 Gray Struct. Bot. vii. §2. 295 An akene with adnate calyx has been termed a Cypsela. |