• (n.) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers. • (n.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk. • (n.) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/scyphus/
Scy'phus noun ; plural Scyphi . [ Latin , a cup, Greek sky`fos .] 1. (Antiq.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk. 2. (Botany) (a) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/43