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scyphus

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A kind of large drinking cup used in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, especially by poor people.
  2. The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other flowers.
  3. A cup-shaped stem or podetium in lichens.

Equivalents

Españolescifo
Françaisscyphe
Portuguêsescifo
3 more languages
العربيةإقنيز
Italianoscifo
Latinascyphus

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

scytale scytalinid Scytalism Scytalismus scytalone Scyth

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