in botany, a genus of the decandra pentagynia clas. The calyx has five leaves; the petals are five, open at top; and the apple or fruit is pentagonal, and divided into five cells. The species are three, all natives of India.

**AVERHOISTS**, the followers of Averhoes, a celebrated commentator of Aristotle, who denied the natural immortality of the soul, and yet pretended to acquiesce in the Christian doctrine concerning it.