Found 2 items, similar to scyphus.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: scyphus scyphus n : an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base [also: scyphi (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Scyphus 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]