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elf-cup

noun

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  1. Any of various species of fungus with a cup-shaped sporocarp, such as scarlet cup,…

    Any of various species of fungus with a cup-shaped sporocarp, such as scarlet cup, Sarcoscypha coccinea.

    • Elf-cups; All terrestrial species; all seasons; (poor eating of themselves).
    • Many toadstools are dainty enough to deserve their popular names: "Pixies' parasols," "Fairies' bath," "Elf cups," and so on.

  2. A stone with a hole pierced by dripping water.

  3. A cup-shaped depression in the stonework of a Neolithic monument.

    • Rude pillars of Neolithic age with the little cup-shaped hollows mentioned above, occur all over the Continent, from the Pyrenees to Scandinavia, and are known as "fairy-cups," "elf-cups," marmites du diable, and "stones of the dead".

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