Definitions for: Scyphus


[n] an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: cup

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