Pan-crā'ti-ūm, n.
(-shĭ-um), n. [Lat., from Gr. παγκράτιον, a complete contest, from παγκρατής, all-powerful, from πᾶν, all, and κράτος, strength.]
Sense 1. (Antiq.) An athletic contest which combined boxing and wrestling.
Sense 2. (Bot.) A genus of plants growing in tropical America, having bulbous roots, and including many species, some of which have large, showy, white flowers of an agreeable odor, and are cultivated as ornamental plants. Baird.