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chaliced

British  
/ ˈtʃælɪst /

adjective

  1. (of plants) having cup-shaped flowers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Hark! hark! the lark at Heaven's gate sings, And Phœbus 'gins to rise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe

Blossoms hold Mines of gold Deep within the farthest heart of each chaliced flower.

From A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass by Amy Lowell

But here a peace deeper than peace is furled, Enshrined and chaliced from the changeful hour; The snow is still, yet lives in its own light.

From Lundy's Lane and Other Poems by Duncan Campbell Scott

We who have struggled through the baffling night, Where men were men and every man divine, While round us brave hearts perished for the right By chaliced shell-holes stained with life's rich wine.

From The Great War As I Saw It by Frederick George Scott

The frost of age Has touched the once-brown hair, And left it white as are the chaliced lilies.

From Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two by Various

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