SICYOS, in botany, a genus of the monœcia syngenesia class. The calix and corolla of the male have each five segments; and there are three filaments; the calix and corolla of the female are the same with those of the male; the stylus is trifid; and the drupa contains one seed. There are two species, none of them natives of Britain.
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