pancratium Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pan*cra"ti*um noun

Etymology

L., fr. Gr. a complete contest, fr. all-powerful; , , all + strength.

Definitions

1. (Gr. Antiq.) An athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.
2. (Bot.) A genus of Old World amaryllideous bulbous plants, having a funnel-shaped perianth with six narrow spreading lobes. The American species are now placed in the related genus Hymenocallis.