pellitory : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pellitory	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pellitory n herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers Synonym(s): pellitory-of-the-wall, wall pellitory, pellitory, Parietaria difussa a small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache Synonym(s): pellitory, pellitory-of- Spain, Anacyclus pyrethrum
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pellitory \Pel"litory\, n. [Sp. pelitre, fr. L. pyrethrum. See {Bertram}.] (Bot.) (a) A composite plant ({Anacyclus Pyrethrum}) of the Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also {bertram}, and {pellitory of Spain}. (b) The feverfew ({Chrysanthemum Parthenium}); -- so called because it resembles the above.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pellitory \Pel"litory\, n. [OE. paritorie, OF. paritoire, F. pari[82]taire; (cf. It. & Sp. parietaria), L. parietaria the parietary, or pellitory, the wall plant, fr. parietarus belonging to the walls, fr. paries, parietis a wall. Cf. {Parietary}.] (Bot.) The common name of the several species of the genus {Parietaria}, low, harmless weeds of the Nettle family; -- also called {wall pellitory}, and {lichwort}. Note: {Parietaria officinalis} is common on old walls in Europe; {P. pennsylvanica} is found in the United States; and six or seven more species are found near the Mediterranean, or in the Orient.