chalicedadj.
/ˈtʃalɪst/ 1. Of flowers: Having a cup-like blossom.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > flower or flowering plant > [adjective] > having flowers or blossom > of specific size, form, or arrangement
chaliceda1616
umbelliferous1668
umbellated1731
pyramidal1777
umbellate1785
starry-eyed1793
umbellal1836
hoop-petticoated1837
grandiflora1839
belleda1849
mop-headed1862
geminiflorous1866
notch-flowered1885
multiflora1934
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) ii. iii. 22 His Steeds to water at those Springs on chalic'd Flowres that lyes. View more context for this quotation
1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table viii. 228 The golden-chaliced crocus burns.
1872 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. Sept. 248 The opening in heaven of the chaliced flower of dawn.
2. Contained in a chalice or cup. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [adjective] > in cup or chalice
chaliced1836
1836 W. Freshney Rime of Nun 4 To sip again The bitter dregs of chalic'd pain.
1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) I. 284 Better loveth he Thy chaliced wine.
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