PARIS

(Lat.), n. f. Pa(pa3 )'ri2s. Gen., par'idis. Fr., p. parisette. Ger., Einbeere. 1. A genus of the Paridece (Fr., paridees), which are: Of Link, an order of the Endogenetx.; of Bartling, a division of the Smilacece. [B, 170, 180 (a, 35).] 2. See P. quadrifolia.F. quadrifolia. Fr., parisette (ou morelle) d quatre feuilles, her be d p., raisin de reward. Ger., gemeine (oder vierbldttrige) Einbeere, Wolfsbc.ere, Fuchstraube, Sauauge, Stein be ere, P'kraut. Herb p., one-berry, true-love, four-leaved gra ; a species found in moist shady places in most parts of Europe, where the root-stock, leaves, and berries, radix, folia, et baccce paridis (seu p., seu solan i quadrifolii, seu uvoe versce, seu uvce vulpince, seu UVOB inservae, seu vitrarioe, seu aconiti salutiferi) were once official, but are now rarely used. The herb and root furnish paridin. All parts of the plant are more or le acrid and poisonous. The root-stock, which is nauseous and emetic like ipecac, was formerly used as an antispasmodic. The leaves are a narcotic poison, and in large doses a drastic purgative; they were once employed in small doses as a diuretic and antispasmodic, as an antidote to strychnine, and externally as a poultice to torpid swellings, etc. The fruits have an offensive odor and vinous taste, and were used in arsenical and mercurial poisoning. The juice of the leaves has been employed in chronic Inflammation of the eyelids. [B, 19, 173, 180, 275 (a, 35).] PARISACTICUS (Lat.\ adj. Pa2r(pa3r)-i2s-a2kt(a3kt)'i2k-u3s- (u4s). Fr., paris act i que. Pertaining to or caused by intu usception. [L, 50 (a, 14).] [s. 218]