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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pa·rel·la Pa·relle n.  Bot. (a) A name for two kinds of dock (Rumex Patientia and Rumex Hydrolapathum). (b) A kind of lichen (Lecanora parella) once used in dyeing and in the preparation of litmus.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Wa·ter dock Bot. A tall, coarse dock growing in wet places. The American water dock is Rumex orbiculatus, the European is Rumex Hydrolapathum.