'Scypha' definitions:

Definition of 'Scypha'

From: GCIDE
  • Scypha \Scy"pha\, n.; pl. Scyphae. [NL.] (Bot.) See Scyphus, 2 (b) . [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'scypha'

From: GCIDE
  • Scyphus \Scy"phus\, n.; pl. Scyphi. [L., a cup, Gr. sky`fos.]
  • 1. (Antiq.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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