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Definition of Pellitory-of-Spain
1. Noun. A small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache.
Group relationships: Anacyclus, Genus Anacyclus
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pellitory-of-Spain
Literary usage of Pellitory-of-Spain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1818)
"V. Chemical Researches on the Pellitory of Spain. ... The most remarkable quality
of the pellitory of Spain, ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"On account of this it is called by Cotgrave ' bastard pellitory, or right pellitory
of Spain ; ' but the name is not from OF pirate (Cot. ..."
3. Pharmacographia; a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanburgy (1879)
"... pellitory was known as early as the 12th century; it is named in the oldest
printed works on materia medica. In the 13th century " pellitory of Spain ..."
4. A Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts: And Collateral Information in the Arts by Arnold James Cooley (1845)
"Opium, ginger, rhubarb, mastic, pellitory of Spain, and orris root, of each 3j ;
musk and ambergris, of each 1 gr. ; melted white wax or spermaceti to mix. ..."
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