amphora

noun4

1. •
   (historical) A large, two-handled vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.
2. •
   (historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 80 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 26 L although differing slightly over time.
3. •
   (historical) A Roman unit of ship capacity, similar to tonnage.
4. •
   A lower valve of a fruit that opens transversely.