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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