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noun
A kind of large drinking cup used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, especially by poor people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, lichenology, natural-sciences
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noun
an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cup
History
Borrowed from Latin scyphus (“cup”), from Ancient Greek σκῠ́φος (skŭ́phos).
Across languages
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