par it1um (ortas sh)

[Latinized from the Malabar name.] Bot.: A genus of Hibisceæ, sometimes merged in Hibiscus. Paritium tiliaceum furnishes a good fiber used for mats, ropes, . P. elatum , the Mountain Mohoe of Cuba and Jamaica, is a fine tree yielding a greenish-blue timber, which is largely employed in Jamaica for cabinet-making. par-i-tor, *par-i-tour, subst. [An abbrev. of apparitor (q. v.).] An apparitor. *par-i-tor-ie, s . [Fr. par iétaire .) The plant parietary or pellitory. *păr-1-tō-ry, 8. [PELLITORY.]