in antiquity, feasts celebrated by the Romans in honour of the god Terminus.

in botany; a genus of plants belonging to the class of polygamia, and order of monocotyledons. The male calyx is quinquepartite; there is no corolla; the stamens are ten in number. The hermaphrodite flower is the same with that of the male; there is one style; the fruit, which is a drupe or plum, is below, and shaped like a boat. There are two species; the cataappa, and angustifolia or benzoin. This species does not, however, yield benzoin. See STRYRAX.