Category:Scyphus

Scy"phus, n.; pl. Scyphi. Etym: [l., a cup, gr.

1. (antiq.)

Defn: 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.