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scyphus

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scyphus  \Scy"phus\,  n.;  pl  {Scyphi}.  [L.,  a  cup,  Gr  ?.] 
  1.  (Antiq.)  A  kind  of  large  drinking  cup,  --  used  by  Greeks 
  and  Romans,  esp.  by  poor  folk. 
 
  2.  (Bot.) 
  a  The  cup  of  a  narcissus,  or  a  similar  appendage  to  the 
  corolla  in  other  flowers. 
  b  A  cup-shaped  stem  or  podetium  in  lichens.  Also  called 
  {scypha}.  See  Illust.  of  {Cladonia  pyxidata},  under 
  {Lichen}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scyphus 
  n  :  an  ancient  Greek  drinking  cup;  two  handles  and  footed  base




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