Cypsela (plural = cypselae)

• Title

  Cypsela (plural = cypselae)

• Definition

  A dry, indehiscent fruit derived from an inferior, bicarpellate ovary; e.g., in Asteraceae. Similar to an achene, but derived from an inferior ovary and attached to the fruit wall throughout, i.e., not at a single place as in an achene.

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