in botany; a genus of the pentandra order, belonging to the gynandria clasps of plants. The calyx is campanulated and deciduous; there are five petals glued below the column of the germ; and the filaments inserted on the top of the column, on which also the germin fits.

GLUTÆUS, a name common to three muscles whose office it is to extend the thigh. See ANATOMY, Table of the Muscles.