scyphiform

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adjective

Shaped like a cup.

OriginLatin scyphus →
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Meanings

adjectivescyphiform (comparative more scyphiform, superlative most scyphiform)

comparative more scyphiform · superlative most scyphiform

  1. biologyShaped like a cup.

Origin

  1. Latinscyphus“a cup”
  2. Englishscyphiform

From Latin scyphus (“a cup”) + -iform.

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APA

scyphiform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scyphiform

MLA

“scyphiform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scyphiform. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scyphiform,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scyphiform.

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