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chaliced

British  
/ ˈtʃælɪst /

adjective

  1. (of plants) having cup-shaped flowers

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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

While Zephyr broods o'er moonlight rill The flowerets droop as if to die, And from their chaliced cup distil The tears of sensibility.

From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Sir George Otto Trevelyan

Now the fields are laughing; now the maids Take their pastime; laugh the leafy glades: Now the summer days are blooming, And the flowers their chaliced lamps for love illuming.

From Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse by John Addington Symonds

God knows that he is worshipped there, The chaliced cowslip's graceful bending Is mute devotion, and the air Is sweet with incense of her lending.

From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by David Lester Richardson

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

From A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass by Amy Lowell

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