pellitory

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The wild mignonette hangs out its pale yellow spikes of blossoms, but without the fragrance for which its garden sister is so remarkable; and the common pellitory, a near ally of the nettle, which haunts all old ruins, clings in great masses to the crevices, its leaves and ignoble blossoms white with the dust of the road.

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  1. noun A small Mediterranean plant (Anacyclus pyrethrum) containing a volatile oil once used for the relief of toothache and facial neuralgia.
  2. noun Any of various monoecious plants of the genus Parietaria, having long narrow leaves with hairy tufts at the base and apetalous flowers.

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  1. Middle English peletre, peletori, from Old French piretre, peletre, from Latin pyrethrum; see pyrethrum.

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  1. from Middle English pelleter, peritory, etc.; a corruption of paritory.
 

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/ˈpɛlɪtəri/
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