Uk English Meaning of scyphus

chalice

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Definitions and Meaning of scyphus in English

Wordnet

scyphus (n)

an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base

Webster

scyphus (n.)

A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk.

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. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen.

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chalice

an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed baseA kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk., The cup of a narcissus

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scyphozoan => Jellyfish, scyphozoa => Jellyfish, scyphophori => Jellyfish, scyphomeduse => Jellyfish, scyphobranchii => Box jellyfish,