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WALL PELLITORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wall pellitory mean?
• WALL PELLITORY (noun)
The noun WALL PELLITORY has 1 sense:
1. herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers
Familiarity information: WALL PELLITORY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Parietaria difussa; pellitory; pellitory-of-the-wall; wall pellitory
Hypernyms ("wall pellitory" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("wall pellitory" is a member of...):
genus Parietaria; Parietaria (small genus of stingless herbs)
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