Crossword clues for pellitory
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pellitory \Pel"li*to*ry\, n. [OE. paritorie, OF. paritoire, F. pari['e]taire; (cf. It. & Sp. parietaria), L. parietaria the parietary, or pellitory, the wall plant, fr. parietarus belonging to the walls, fr. paries, parietis a wall. Cf. Parietary.] (Bot.) The common name of the several species of the genus Parietaria, low, harmless weeds of the Nettle family; -- also called wall pellitory, and lichwort.
Note: 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 \Pel"li*to*ry\, n. [Sp. pelitre, fr. L. pyrethrum. See Bertram.] (Bot.)
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.
The feverfew ( Chrysanthemum Parthenium); -- so called because it resembles the above.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 pellitory of the wall ((taxlink Parietaria officinalis species noshow=1)). (from 15th c.) 2 Any plant of the genus ''Parietaria''. 3 # (taxlink Parietaria debilis species noshow=1) 4 # (taxlink Parietaria judaica species noshow=1) ((vern: spreading pellitory)) 5 (taxlink Achillea ptarmica species noshow=1) ((vern: European pellitory), (vern: bastard pellitory), (vern: wild pellitory), sneezewort. 6 (taxlink Tanacetum cinerariifolium species noshow=1) (formerly (taxlink Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium species noshow=1)) (feverfew, (vern: Dalmatian pellitory)) Etymology 2
n. pellitory of Spain ((taxlink Anacyclus pyrethrum species noshow=1)), a plant containing an oil once used for toothaches and facial neuralgia. (from 16th c.)
WordNet
n. herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers [syn: pellitory-of-the-wall, wall pellitory, Parietaria difussa]
small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache [syn: pellitory-of-Spain, Anacyclus pyrethrum]
Wikipedia
Pellitory may refer to:
- Anacyclus pyrethrum or pellitory, a plant containing an oil once used for toothaches and facial neuralgia
- Achillea ptarmica or European pellitory, bastard pellitory, or wild pellitory
- Parietaria debilis
- Parietaria officinalis or pellitory-of-the-wall
- Parietaria judaica or spreading pellitory
- Dalmatian pellitory, a pyrethrum plant of the genus Chrysanthemum
Usage examples of "pellitory".
The tincture made from the dried root may be most helpfully applied on cotton wool to the interior of a decayed tooth which is aching, or the milder tincture of the wall Pellitory may be employed for the same purpose.
The numerous families of the pellitories, the chamomiles, the mesembryanthemums, pushed their varied and abundant tufts through the loop-holes in the walls, cracked and fissured in spite of their thickness.
His forehead dripped as a distillatory Were full of plantain and of pellitory.
A compound powder of the root (made of equal quantities of Bistort, Pellitory of Spain and burnt Allum made into a paste with a little honey and put in hollow of a tooth or at the side, eases their pain and stops the defluxion of rheum on the part cleanses the head and brain and causes evacuation of abundance of rheumatic matter.