cyphel
/ˈsaɪfəl/(亦作mossy cyphel)
noun
1- a European mountain plant of the pink family, which forms cushion-like mounds and bears small greenish flowers类景天高山漆姑草。
1.1
- Minuartia sedoides, family Caryophyllaceae.拉丁名Minuartia sedoides, 石竹科。
词源
late Middle English (denoting the houseleek)： apparently from Greek kuphella 'hollows of the ears'.