pellitory

Other forms of pellitory

plural

pellitories·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pellitory

What does pellitory mean?

pellitory means "herb that grows in crevices having long narrow leaves and small pink apetalous flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pellitory?

pellitory has 4 syllables: pel-li-to-ry. The stress falls on "li".

What is another word for pellitory?

Close synonyms include pellitory-of-the-wall, wall pellitory, Parietaria difussa, pellitory-of-Spain, Anacyclus pyrethrum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pellitory a common word?

pellitory is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.