Pellitory
Pellitory , noun
[Old English paritorie, Old French paritoire, French pariétaire; (compare Italian & Sp. parietaria), Latin parietaria the parietary, or pellitory, the wall plant, from parietarius belonging to the walls, from paries, parietis a wall. Compare Parietary.]
(Botany) The common name of the several species of the genus Parietaria, low, harmless weeds of the Nettle family; -- also called wall pellitory, and lichwort.
Parietaria officinalis is common on old walls in Europe; Parietaria pennsylvanica is found in the United States; and six or seven more species are found near the Mediterranean, or in the Orient.
Pellitory , noun
[Sp. pelitre, from Latin pyrethrum. See Bertram.]
(a)
(Botany) A composite plant (Anacyclus Pyrethrum) of the Mediterranean region, having finely divided leaves and whitish flowers. The root is the officinal pellitory, and is used as an irritant and sialogogue. Called also bertram, and pellitory of Spain.
(b)
(Botany) The feverfew (Chrysanthemum Parthenium); -- so called because it resembles the above.