Pa-rī'e-ta-ry, n.

n. [Lat. parietaria, from parietarius, of, or belonging to, a wall, from paries, parietis, a wall; Fr. parietaire, Sp. parietaria, It. parietaria, paritaria.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Parietaria (P. officinalis), which grows on old walls; wall-pellitory, or common pelitory.