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pellitories
Variant of pellitory
noun pl. pellitories
- any of a genus (Parietaria) of plants of the nettle family, often grown as an ornamentalin full wall pellitory
- a Mediterranean plant (Anacyclus pyrethrum) of the composite family, whose root was formerly used to relieve toothachein full pellitory of Spain
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