Indian paintbrush

Any plant of the genus Castilleja (snapdragon family), which contains about 200 species of partially or wholly parasitic wildflowers that obtain nourishment from the roots of other plants. The small, tubular, two-lipped flowers are surrounded by brightly coloured upper leaves, giving the plant the appearance of having been dipped in a pot of red, orange, yellow, pink, or white paint.

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Major international football (soccer) competition. The tournament brings together 32 qualifying national teams from around the world, culminating in a match between the two top teams. It has been held every fourth year since 1930 (except during World War II). Followed and watched by billions of people worldwide, it has by far the greatest audience of any single sporting event in the world. Several competitions in other sports also use the name “world cup.”

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Trophy awarded annually to the winning team of the National Hockey League championship. Named for its donor, the Canadian governor-general Frederick Arthur Stanley, Lord Stanley of Preston (1841–1908), the Stanley Cup was first awarded in the 1893–94 season. It is the oldest trophy that can be won by professional athletes in North America.

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Trophy awarded to the winning team of an international tennis tournament for men. It was donated in 1900 by Dwight F. Davis, himself a player in the first two matches (called ties), for a competition between teams from the U.S. and Britain. Since then, the tournament has developed into a truly international event. More than 100 nations have participated, but winners have been largely confined to the U.S, Australia, France, Britain, and Sweden.

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Most prestigious trophy in international yachting competition. First offered under another name in Britain in 1851, the cup was won easily by the America from New York and subsequently became known as the America's Cup. The America's Cup race, held about every four years, is between one defending vessel and one challenging vessel; each must be designed and built in the country it represents. The 22.6-mi (36.4-km) racecourse is divided into eight legs. The U.S. completely dominated the competition until 1983, when it was defeated by Australia. New Zealand won the Cup in 1995 and retained it in 2000 by defeating a challenger from Italy in the first competition without a U.S. participant.

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A name

• A drinking container such as a teacup or similar drinkware. See also:
• Cup holder
• Paper cup
• Fuddling cup
• Demitasse
• Mug
• Various cup-shaped objects:
• A cup-shaped trophy or prize, e.g. World Cup, Davis Cup, League Cup
• The part of a brassiere that covers the breast; see brassiere measurements.
• A protective cup in a jockstrap designed to protect the male genitalia
• A type of traditional English punch.
• The Suit of Cups, one of the four traditional suits of the Italian suited Tarot deck or of Latin suited playing cards
• Musician Robynn Iwata of the bands I Am Spoonbender and cub
• Silphium perfoliatum or Cup-plant, a member of the sunflower family, native to North America
• The cup product in algebraic topology, denoted by the operator $smile$
• Common Unix Printing SystemGames
• A tournament where the trophy or prize is cup-shaped, e.g., World Cup, Davis Cup, League Cup
• Flip Cup, a drinking game
• Cups (game), a member of the mancala family
• Cups, a different game invented by Chandler Bing in FriendsCooking
• Measuring cup, a measuring instrument for liquids and powders, used primarily in cooking
• Cup (volume), a customary unit of volume

See also

• The acronym CUP