Associations to the word «Pancratium»

Wiktionary

PANCRATIUM, noun. (historical) An ancient athletic contest involving both boxing and wrestling.
PANCRATIUM, noun. (botany) Any of the genus Pancratium of African and Eurasian perennial, herbaceous and bulbous plants in the Amaryllis family. The flowers are large, white and fragrant.
PANCRATIUM PEDALE, proper noun. (obsolete) Hymenocallis littoralis

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.