n. A unit of weight and of value, originally Assyrian, but used also by the Greeks and other ancient peoples.n. One of several different sturnoid passerine birds of India and countries further east.n. A genus of plants of the family Convolvulaceæ, closely related to Ipomœa and Quamoclit. Mina lobata of the gardens, a native of Mexico, is a twining herb with cordate 3-lobed leaves and small flowers in scorpioid clusters, the bag-shaped corolla of which is a rich crimson when it first opens, but changes to yellow.