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.