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Pellitory

noun

Herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers. Synonyms: Parietaria difussa, pellitory-of-the-wall, wall pellitory.

A small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache. Synonyms: Anacyclus pyrethrum, pellitory-of-Spain.

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... (vernal whitlow grass), Erodium Cicutarium (hemlock, stork’s bill), Cotyledon Umbilicus (wall pennywort), and the Tussilago Petasites (butter-bur), Stellaria Holostea (greater stitchwort); also Parietaria Officinalis (wall pellitory), not yet in bloom, and in a pond Stratiotes Aloides ...

— Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood - Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter • J. Conway Walter

Words linked to "Pellitory" : herb, pellitory-of-Spain, Parietaria, Parietaria difussa, wall pellitory, Anacyclus pyrethrum, genus Anacyclus, herbaceous plant, pellitory-of-the-wall, Anacyclus, genus Parietaria