1. A small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache
   "Pellitory-of-Spain was chewed to numb toothache pain";
   - pellitory-of-Spain, Anacyclus pyrethrum
    
2. Herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers
   "Pellitory-of-the-wall was once used medicinally to treat various ailments"; "wall pellitory was once used medicinally to treat various ailments";
   - pellitory-of-the-wall, wall pellitory, Parietaria difusa

Derived forms: pellitories

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: Anacyclus, genus Anacyclus, genus Parietaria, Parietaria

Encyclopedia: Pellitory