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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pellitory /ˈpɛlɪtərɪ -trɪ/ n ( pl -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)
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 |