資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
scyphus
n : an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base
[also: {scyphi} (pl)]
scyphi
See {scyphus}