About The Word Scyphus
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Scyphus
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What's The Definition Of Scyphus?
[n] an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base
Synonyms | Synonyms for Scyphus: Related Terms | Find terms related to Scyphus: See Also | cup Scyphus In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
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