| 单词 |
scyphus |
| 释义 |
‖ scyphus Bot.|ˈsaɪfəs| Pl. scyphi |ˈsaɪfaɪ|. [mod.L. use of L. scyphus, ad. Gr. σκύϕος a large drinking vessel without a foot.] a. A name given by Haller to the corona of certain plants when forming a cup or funnel-shaped appendage. b. A dilatation of the podetium in lichens bearing shields on its margin. Cf. scypha.
1777Robson Brit. Flora 23 A scyphus is a fructification in the form of a cup, in some species of Archil. 1832Lindley Introd. Bot. i. ii. 121 The most common form of appendage is the corona,..forming sometimes an undivided cup, as in Narcissus, when it becomes the scyphus of Haller. 1866Treas. Bot., Scyphus. 1871W. A. Leighton Lichen-Flora 63 Scyphi denticulate at the margins. Ibid. 64 Dilated upwards into a scyphus. |

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