‖Pan‐cra″ti‐um (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. παγκράτιον a complete contest, fr. παγκρατήσ all-powerful; πα̑σ, πα̑ν, all + κράτοσ 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.