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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pancratium \pancra"tium\, n. l., fr. gr. pagkra`tion a
complete contest, fr. pagkrath`s all-powerful; pa^s, pa^n,
all + kra`tos strength.
1913 webster
1. gr. antiq. an athletic contest involving both boxing and
wrestling.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
hymenocallis
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