Definition of Cyathus

1. an ancient Greek measuring cup [n CYATHI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyathus

cyanurates
cyanuret
cyanurets
cyanuria
cyanuric
cyanuric acid
cyanuric acid amidohydrolase
cyathi
cyathia
cyathiform
cyatholith
cyatholiths
cyathophylloid
cyathophylloids
cyathus (current term)
cyber-
cyber-terrorism
cyber-terrorist
cyber squatter
cyber squatters
cyber terrorism
cyberactivism
cyberactivist
cyberactivists
cyberaddict
cyberaddiction
cyberaddicts
cyberadvocacy

Literary usage of Cyathus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1900)
"1900] Andrews, — Notes on a species of cyathus * Agrostis scabra montana, ... ONE species of cyathus has been frequently found in Middlebury, ..."

2. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"[WC] j cyathus. The cup-like body which contains ... cyathus. One of the genera to which the curious Fungi belong which are commonly named Bird's Nest Pez i ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... a very beautiful vase or cyathus 3J inches high (see fic. .r>) and a phiale or patera, 9£ inches Flo Й.—Silver Crater, found 1.1 Ithaca. i>j ..."

4. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"cyathus In cyathus the peridium is cup-like and composed of three layers. ... Differs from cyathus striatus in the even, non-fluted inner surface of the ..."

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