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What (who) is Venus's cup - definition

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Venus's Looking-glass; Venus's Looking Glass; Venus's looking glass; Venus’s looking-glass; Venus’s Looking-Glass; Venus' looking-glass; Venus' looking glass; Venus's Looking-Glass

Venus's looking glass         
¦ noun a blue-flowered bellflower whose shiny brown seeds inside their open capsule supposedly resemble looking glasses. [Legousia hybrida (Europe) and Triodanis perfoliata (N. America).]
Pythagorean cup         
  • Cross section of a Pythagorean cup being filled: at B, it is possible to drink all the liquid in the cup; but at C, the siphon effect causes the cup to drain
  • A Pythagorean cup sold in [[Crete]], known as ''o kounenos tis dikaiosynis'' ("the cup of justice")
PRACTICAL JOKE DEVICE
Pythagoras cup; Justice cup; Cup of Tantalus; Greedy cup; Greedy Cup
A Pythagorean cup (also known as a Pythagoras cup, Greedy Cup, Cup of Justice, Tantalus cup or i koupa tis dikaiosynis) is a practical joke device in a form of a drinking cup, credited to Pythagoras of Samos. When it is filled beyond a certain point, a siphoning effect causes the cup to drain its entire contents through the base.
Skipper Cup         
Sanyo Cup; Digicel Cup (rugby)
The Skipper Cup (formerly the Sanyo Cup and The Digicel Cup) is the Fiji Rugby Union's national provincial Premier rugby union championship. The competition runs from May to September and is contested between the country's top 8 provincial sides.

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Venus's looking-glass

Venus's looking-glass is a common name for several plant species including:

  • All members of the genus Triodanis
  • Legousia speculum-veneris