SCYPHUS


Meaning of SCYPHUS in English

noun a kind of large drinking cup, — used by greeks and romans, ·esp. by poor folk.

2. scyphus ·noun the cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.

3. scyphus ·noun a cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. also called scypha. ·see ·illust. of cladonia pyxidata, under lichen.

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