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Definition: scypha
Scyphus
\Scy"phus\, n.; pl.
Scyphi. [L., a cup, Gr. sky`fos.]
1. (Antiq.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks
and Romans, esp. by poor folk.
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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.
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