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(1):
(n.) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk.
(2):
(n.) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.
(3):
(n.) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha. See Illust. of Cladonia pyxidata, under Lichen.