Meaning of pellitory of the wall | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A plant of the species Parietaria officinalis, that has greenish flowers and often grows on walls (eastern pellitory-of-the-wall).
2. Parietaria judaica (spreading pellitory)

Examples

“Leonardo Fioravanti, an Italian Physitian, beside many other secrets, assumeth unto himself the discovery of one concerning Pellitory of the Wall; that is, that it never groweth in the sight of the North star.”

“The juice of Pellitory-of-the-Wall clarified and boiled into a syrup with honey, and a spoonful of it drunk every morning by such as are subject to the dropsy; if continuing that course though but once a week, if ever they have the dropsy, let them come but to me and I will cure them gratis.”

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