单词 | pellitory |
释义 | pel·li·to·ry 1 (pĕlĭ-tôr′ē) n. pl. pel·li·to·ries Any of various plants of the genus Parietaria, having long narrow leaves, often hairy stems, and small axillary flowers. [Middle English pellatori, variant of Middle English paritarie (influenced by peletre, wild thyme, plant of the genus Anacyclus; see PELLITORY2), from Anglo-Norman, from Late Latin parietāria, from feminine of Latin parietārius, of a wall or walls (so called because the plants often grow in walls), from pariēs, pariēt-, wall.] |
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