1. The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: The penis or clitoris, or the embryonic or primitive organ from which either may be derived.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of fungi which have a fetid and disgusting odor; the stinkhorn.
PHANAR Phan"ar, n. [Turk. fanar, fr. NGr. lighthouse, Gr. lantern; — from a lighthouse on a point projecting into the Golden Horn.]
Defn: A quarter of Constantinople which, after the Turkish conquest of the city, became the chief Greek quarter; hence, the Greek officials of Turkey, or phanariots, as a class.
PHANARIOT; PHANARIOTE
Pha*nar"i*ot, n. Also Pha*nar"i*ote. [NGr., fr. Phanar. See Phanar.]
Defn: One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage.
PHANE
Phane, n.