Found 2 items, similar to parietes.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: parietes paries n : (anatomy) a layer (a lining or membrane) that encloses a structure; “stomach walls” [syn: wall] [also: parietes (pl)] parietes See paries
English → English (gcide) Definition: Parietes Parietes \Pa*ri"e*tes\, n. pl. [L. paries a wall.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) The walls of a cavity or an organ; as, the abdominal parietes; the parietes of the cranium. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The sides of an ovary or of a capsule. [1913 Webster] Paries \Pa"ri*es\, n.; pl. Parietes. [See Parietes.] (Zo["o]l.) The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle. [1913 Webster]