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单词 pellitory
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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pellitory /ˈpɛlɪtərɪ -trɪ/ n ( pl -ries)
  1. 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
  2. pellitory of Spaina small Mediterranean plant, Anacyclus pyrethrum, the root of which contains an oil formerly used to relieve toothache: family Asteraceae (composites)
Etymology: 16th Century peletre, from Old French piretre, from Latin pyrethrum, from Greek purethron, from pur fire, from the hot pungent taste of the root
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