in botany; a genus of plants belonging to the class of monocotyledons, and to the order of monocotyledons. The male calyx is hemispherical and multilobed. The female calyx is uniflorous and inferior. The corolla is superior. The style is trifid, and the capsule three-angled. There is only one species, the sylvatica.

STILYARD. See Steel-Tard.