PEL'LITORY, noun [Latin parietaria, the wall plant, from paries.] The name of several plants of different genera. The pellitory of the wall or common pellitory is of the genus Parietaria; the bastard pellitory of the genus Achillea; and the pellitory of Spain is the Anthemis pyrethrum. PELL'-MELL, adverb With confused violence.
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