Category:Pancratium

Pan*cra"ti*um, n. Etym: [l., fr. Gr.

1. (gr. Antiq.)

Defn: an athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.

2. (bot.)

Defn: 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.