The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scypha \Scy"pha\, n.; pl. Scyphae. [NL.] (Bot.)
See Scyphus, 2
(b) .
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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