Defn: The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.
PARIETIC
Pa`ri*et"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in the lichen
Parmelia parietina, and called also chrysophanic acid.
PARIETINE Pa*ri"e*tine, n. Etym: [L. parietinus parietal: cf. parietinae ruined walls.]
Defn: A piece of a fallen wall; a ruin. [Obs.] Burton.
PARIETO-
Pa*ri"e*to- (. (Anat.)
Defn: A combining form used to indicate connection with, or relation to, the parietal bones or the parietal segment of the skull; as, the parieto-mastoid suture.
PARIGENIN
Pa*rig"e*nin, n. Etym: [Parillin + -gen + -in.] (Chem.)