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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
pennyroyal
    n 1: Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and
         ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil [syn: pennyroyal,
         Mentha pulegium]
    2: erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue
       flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent
       and sometimes in folk medicine [syn: pennyroyal, American
       pennyroyal, Hedeoma pulegioides]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pennyroyal \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.
   [1913 Webster]

   Bastard pennyroyal (Bot.) See Blue curls, under Blue.
      [1913 Webster]
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