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penny-a-liner |
penny-pinch |
penny-pinching |
penny-wise |
pennycress |
pennyroyal
| pennyroyal oil
| pennyweight
| pennywhistle
| pennywort
| pennyworth
pennyroyal
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pennyroyal has 2 senses
- pennyroyal(n = noun.plant) mentha pulegium - Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil; Array is a kind of mint
- pennyroyal(n = noun.plant) american pennyroyal, hedeoma pulegioides - erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine; Array is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of genus hedeoma, hedeoma
CIDE DICTIONARY
pennyroyal, 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.].
An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium ) of Europe; also, a North American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides ) resembling it in flavor. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pennyroyal, n.
1 a creeping mint, Mentha pulegium, cultivated for its supposed medicinal properties.
2 US an aromatic plant, Hedeoma pulegioides.
1 a creeping mint, Mentha pulegium, cultivated for its supposed medicinal properties.
2 US an aromatic plant, Hedeoma pulegioides.
Etymology
app. f. earlier puliol(e) ryall f. AF puliol, OF pouliol ult. f. L pulegium + real ROYAL
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