The Collaborative International Dictionary
Parathesis \Pa*rath"e*sis\, n.; pl. Paratheses. [NL., from Gr. ? a putting beside, from ? to put beside.]
(Gram.) The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition.
(Rhet.) A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded.
--Smart.(Print.) The matter contained within brackets.
(Eccl.) A commendatory prayer.
--Shipley.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context grammar English) The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition. 2 (context rhetoric English) A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded. 3 (context printing English) The matter contained within brackets. 4 (context religion English) A commendatory prayer.
Wikipedia
Parathesis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. There are about 95 species distributed from Mexico to South America and the Caribbean. Plants of this genus can be distinguished by glandular papillae on the lobes of the flower corolla and bright yellow anthers.
Species include:
- Parathesis amplifolia Lundell
- Parathesis aurantica Lundell
- Parathesis bicolor Lundell
- Parathesis congesta Lundell
- Parathesis crenulata (Vent.) Hook. f. – scratchthroat
- Parathesis eggersiana Mez
- Parathesis glaberima Lundell
- Parathesis palaciosii Pipoly
- Parathesis panamensis Lundell
- Parathesis seibertii Lundell
- Parathesis tenuifolia Lundell
- Parathesis vulgata Lundell