According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
SCYPHI
SCYPHUS
scyphus
(noun) an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
scyphi
plural of scyphus
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Source: Wiktionary
SCYPHUS
Scy"phus, n.; pl. Scyphi. Etym: [L., a cup, Gr.
1. (Antiq.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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