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scyphus 的复数

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.

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}.