Meaning of PENNYROYAL
| Pronunciation: | | `penee'royul
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | American pennyroyal, Hedeoma pulegioides, Mentha pulegium |
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| | See Also: | | genus Hedeoma, Hedeoma, hedeoma oil, herb, herbaceous plant, mint, pennyroyal oil | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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