scyphulusn.

/ˈsʌɪfjʊləs/Etymology: < modern Latin scyphulus, diminutive of scyphus n.
Botany.
1856 J. S. Henslow Scyphulus, the cup-like appendage from which the seta of Hepaticæ arises. Used also synonymously with Scypha.
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