Meaning & use
Cypsela
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A small, dry, one-seeded fruit that does not split open, typical of plants in the daisy family, formed from an inferior ovary.
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The botanist identified the plant by examining the ribbed surface of its cypsela.
Dandelion 'seeds' that float on the wind are technically each a cypsela attached to a tuft of hairs.
A note on using this word
A specialized botanical term; every dandelion 'seed' carried on the wind is technically a cypsela, not a true seed.
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