Pĕl'li-to-ry, n.

n. [From Lat. parietaria, the parietary, or pellitory, the wall-plant, from parietarius, belonging to the walls, from paries, parietis, a wall.] (Bot.) A plant of several genera, sometimes used in medicine. 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.