in botany: A genus of plants belonging to the clas of monocotyledons, and to the order of syngenesia; and in the natural system arranged under the 34th order, Cucurbitaceae. The male flowers have their calyx quinquedentated, their corolla quinquipartite, and there are three filaments. The female flowers have their calyx and corolla similar; but their style is trifid, and their drupa monoppermous. There are three species, the angulata, lacinata, and garcini, which are all foreign plants.