| scyphus | Origin: L, a cup, Gr. 1. A kind of large drinking cup, used by Greeks and Romans, especially. By poor folk. 2. <botany> 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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