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n. - Small genus of stingless herbs.

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  • The name Parietaria judaica may not sound familiar to you but it's time you know what it does.
  • Holostea (greater stitchwort); also Parietaria Officinalis (wall pellitory), not yet in bloom, and in a pond Stratiotes Aloides (water soldier) in great abundance.
  • For Trajan erected many famous monuments and buildings, insomuch as Constantine the Great in emulation was wont to call him Parietaria, “wall-flower,” because his name...
  • (Parietaria judaica), a stingless nettle relative.
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