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SCYPHUS
scyphus
(noun) an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scyphus (plural scyphi)
A kind of large drinking cup used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, especially by poor people.
(botany) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.
(lichenology) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens.
Source: Wiktionary
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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