parmaynt

A Middle English form of pear Parmelia (pär-mē'li-ä), n. [NL., pedicellate, with mostly thin disk and colorle hypothecium. About 50 species are known. See crottles, lichen. Parmeliacei (pär-me-li-a'sē-i), n. pl. [NL., Umbilicariei, Peltigerei , Pannariei , Collemei, and Leca Italy; Parmesan. Examples of Parmese, Cremonese, and Milanese art. Nineteenth Century, XXII. 824.