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Pennyroyal

Pennyroyal Meaning & Definition
Pennyroyal Definition And Meaning

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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