SCYPHUS


Meaning of SCYPHUS in English

ˈsīfəs noun

( plural scy·phi -ˌfī)

Etymology: Latin, from Greek skyphos

1. or sky·phos ˈskīˌfäs plural sky·phoi -ˌfȯi : a drinking vessel with a deep body, flat bottom, and two small horizontal handles near the rim and used especially in ancient Greece

2.

[New Latin, from Latin, cup]

: a cup-shaped enlargement of the podetium in lichens — called also scypha

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