Example sentences from the Web for pellitory

She picked a little piece of pellitory out of the breast-high wall in front of us.
The Good Soldier|Ford Madox Ford
You may boil in it Pellitory of the wall, Agrimony, or what herbs you please.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened|Kenelm Digby
The Pellitory of the wall (Parietaria officinalis), has the male and female flowers on the same plant.
Botany for Ladies|Jane Loudon
Pellitory, pel′i-tor-i, n. a genus of plants found most commonly on old walls and heaps of rubbish: the feverfew.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various

pellitory

/ (ˈpɛlɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /

noun plural -ries

any of various urticaceous plants of the S and W European genus Parietaria, esp P. diffusa (pellitory-of-the-wall or wall pellitory), that grow in crevices and have long narrow leaves and small pink flowers

pellitory of Spain a small Mediterranean plant, Anacyclus pyrethrum, the root of which contains an oil formerly used to relieve toothache: family Asteraceae (composites)

Word Origin for pellitory

C16 peletre, from Old French piretre, from Latin pyrethrum, from Greek purethron, from pur fire, from the hot pungent taste of the root

Words nearby pellitory

pellet, Pelletier, pelletize, pellicle, pellicle mirror, pellitory, pell-mell, pellucid, pellum, Pelly, Pelmanism

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单词	pellitory
释义	Example sentences from the Web for pellitory She picked a little piece of pellitory out of the breast-high wall in front of us. The Good Soldier\|Ford Madox Ford You may boil in it Pellitory of the wall, Agrimony, or what herbs you please. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened\|Kenelm Digby The Pellitory of the wall (Parietaria officinalis), has the male and female flowers on the same plant. Botany for Ladies\|Jane Loudon Pellitory, pel′i-tor-i, n. a genus of plants found most commonly on old walls and heaps of rubbish: the feverfew. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)\|Various pellitory / (ˈpɛlɪtərɪ, -trɪ) / noun plural -ries any of various urticaceous plants of the S and W European genus Parietaria, esp P. diffusa (pellitory-of-the-wall or wall pellitory), that grow in crevices and have long narrow leaves and small pink flowers pellitory of Spain a small Mediterranean plant, Anacyclus pyrethrum, the root of which contains an oil formerly used to relieve toothache: family Asteraceae (composites) Word Origin for pellitory C16 peletre, from Old French piretre, from Latin pyrethrum, from Greek purethron, from pur fire, from the hot pungent taste of the root Words nearby pellitory pellet, Pelletier, pelletize, pellicle, pellicle mirror, pellitory, pell-mell, pellucid, pellum, Pelly, Pelmanism Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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