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scyphus - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'scyphus' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scyphus [ n.]
- A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk.
- The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.
- A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen.