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Webster 1913 Edition
Pennyroyal
Penˊny-roy′al
,Noun.
[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. Webster 1828 Edition
Pennyroyal
PENNYROY'AL
,Noun.
The English pennyroyal is the Mentha pulegium; the N. American pennyroyal is the Cunila pulegioides.
Definition 2024
pennyroyal
pennyroyal
English
Pennyroyal
Noun
pennyroyal (plural pennyroyals)
- Mentha pulegium, a plant of the mint family, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellant.
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 216:
- Dioscorides says that Pennyroyal makes thin, tough phlegm, warms the coldness of any part whereto it is applied, and digests raw or corrupt matter.
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 216:
Translations
Mentha pulegium