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scyphus

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scy=phus

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun scyphus has 1 sense

scyphus(n = noun.artifact) - an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base;

is a kind of

cup

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CIDE DICTIONARY

scyphus, n. [L., a cup, Gr. sky`fos.].

A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk. [1913 Webster]
The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

scyphus, n. (pl. scyphi)
1 Gk Antiq. a footless drinking-cup with two handles below the level of the rim.
2 Bot. a cup-shaped part as in a narcissus flower or in lichens.

Derivative

scyphose adj.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk skuphos

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