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Definition of Scyphus

Scyphus
Scyphus Scy"phus, n.; pl. Scyphi. [L., a cup, Gr. ?.] 1. (Antiq.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk. 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.

Meaning of Scyphus from wikipedia

- object with the "established classificatory term scyphus", Specifically "half-oval variety of scyphus of the calix type". He cites as the "prin****l work"...
- Thesaurus. According to Meninski the word originally meant poculum or scyphus. The usage of the word to indicate the dessert is first attested in Şemseddin...
- phyllamphora var. speciosa Hort.Van Houtte ex Rafarin (1869) Nepenthes scyphus Juss. ex Raf. (1835) ?Nepenthes sinensis Hort.Bot.Goettingen in sched....
- Schileykula scyphus (L. Pfeiffer, 1848) Schileykula scyphus cilicica Hausdorf, 1996 Schileykula scyphus cr****a (Pilsbry, 1922) Schileykula scyphus enteroplax...
- boiler, 24 silver plate, 4 silver salt cellars, 12 two-handled soup bowls (scyphus), to the Eric's second marriage. In 1294/5 he returned to England. In May...
- Latin scutum scute scyph- cup Gr**** σκύφος (skúphos) scyphoid, Scyphozoa, scyphus se-, sed- away, apart Latin se secede, sedition, seditious, seduce seb-...
- Latin scutum scute scyph- cup Gr**** σκύφος (skúphos) scyphoid, Scyphozoa, scyphus se-, sed- away, apart Latin se secede, sedition, seditious, seduce seb-...
- of lichen-specific terms had been proposed. Johann Dillenius introduced scyphus in 1742 to describe the cup-shaped structures ****ociated with genus Cladonia...
- ancient and almost universal; so Joseph (Genesis 44:5) says ("Vulgate"), "Scyphus quam furati estis, ipse est, in quo bibit Dominus meus, et in quo augurari...
- Alpinioideae Tribe: Alpinieae Genus: Hornstedtia Retz. Type species Hornstedtia scyphus Retz. Synonyms Greenwaya Giseke Donacodes Blume Stenochasma Griff....