GLINUS, in botany: A genus of the pentagynia order, belonging to the decandria class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 22d class, Garyophyllei. The calyx is pentaphyllous; there is no corolla; the nectarium is composed of bifid bristles; the capsule is quinqueangular, quinquelocular, quinquevalved, and polyspermous.