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Scyphus
Scy′phus
,Noun.
pl.
Scyphi
(#)
. [L., a cup, Gr.
σκύφος
.] 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
.