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cyphel (iou)



cyphel noun. LME.
[App. from Greek kuphella the hollows of the ears.]
Orig., the houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum. Now (more fully mossy cyphel), a cushion-forming alpine plant, Minuartia sedoides, of the pink family, with sessile apetalous flowers.