| 单词 | pellitory |
| 释义 | pellitory (once / 123118 pages) n WORD FAMILY pellitory: pellitories USAGE EXAMPLESPellitory, pel′i-tor-i, n. a genus of plants found most commonly on old walls and heaps of rubbish: the feverfew.—n. Various, Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictio...(2012) This same fault is said to have characterized the emperor Trajan, from which the people in jest named him "The Pellitory of the wall." Yonge, Charles Duke, The Roman History of Ammianus Marce...(2010) The best pellitory I ever plucked out of a wall. Gosse, Edmund, Hypolympia—Or, The Gods in the Isla...(2010) 1n a small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache Syn|Hyper Anacyclus pyrethrum, pellitory-of-Spain herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests 2n herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers Syn|Hyper Parietaria difussa, pellitory-of-the-wall, wall pellitory herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests |
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