What is "scyphus"

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.)

   1. The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.

   2. A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen.

n. 1 A kind of large drinking cup used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, especially by poor people. 2 (context botany English) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers. 3 (context lichenology English) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens.

1. n. an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base

2. [also: scyphi (pl)]