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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pancratium \Pan*cra"ti*um\, noun [L., fr. Gr. pagkra'tion a complete contest, fr. pagkrath's all-powerful; pa^s, pa^n, all + kra'tos strength.]
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}.
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