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Pennyroyal
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What's The Definition Of Pennyroyal?
[n] erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine
[n] Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil Synonyms | Synonyms for Pennyroyal: American pennyroyal | Hedeoma pulegioides | Mentha pulegium Related Terms | Find terms related to Pennyroyal: See Also | genus Hedeoma | Hedeoma | hedeoma oil | herb | herbaceous plant | mint | pennyroyal oil Pennyroyal In Webster's Dictionary \Pen`ny*roy"al\, n. [A corruption of OE. puliall
royal. OE. puliall is ultimately derived fr. L. puleium, or
pulegium regium (so called as being good against fleas), fr.
pulex a flea; and royal is a translation of L. regium, in
puleium regium.] (Bot.)
An aromatic herb ({Mentha Pulegium}) of Europe; also, a North
American plant ({Hedeoma pulegioides}) resembling it in
flavor.
{Bastard pennyroyal} (Bot.) See {Blue curls}, under {Blue}.
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