Definition of: pellitory

(pel′ə·tôr′ē, -tō′rē) noun plural ·ries
Any of various diffuse or tufted weedlike herbs of the nettle family (genus Parietaria); especially, the European wall pellitory (P. officinalis) which grows on old walls. [Alter. of earlier paretarie <AF paritarie <L (herba) parietaria wall (plant) <parietarius of a wall <paries, -etis a wall]