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Scyphus
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A kind of large drinking cup, - used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk.
(2):
(n.) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.
(3):
(n.) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Scyphus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/scyphus.html. 1828.