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| − | '''cup''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' cups) – | + | '''cup''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' cups) – shaped like a cup, i.e., a small drinking bowl; in the genus ''Cladonia'' typically used to describe the uppermost part of goblet-shaped [[podetia]]; in the strict sense [[cup]]s have a closed bottom (like a wine-glass), whereas the term [[scyphus]] is instead used for a [[podetium]] that apically broadens into a bottom-less, open [[funnel]]. |
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cup (noun, pl. cups) – shaped like a cup, i.e., a small drinking bowl; in the genus Cladonia typically used to describe the uppermost part of goblet-shaped podetia; in the strict sense cups have a closed bottom (like a wine-glass), whereas the term scyphus is instead used for a podetium that apically broadens into a bottom-less, open funnel.
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