Scyphus
Scyphus , noun
[Latin, a cup, Greek sky`fos.]
1.
(Antiquities) A kind of large drinking cup, -- used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk.
2.
(a) (Botany) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.
(b)
(Botany) A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens. Also called scypha.