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PENNYROYAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine
Synonyms:
American pennyroyal; Hedeoma pulegioides; pennyroyal
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pennyroyal" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Meronyms (substance of "pennyroyal"):
hedeoma oil; pennyroyal oil (aromatic oil from American pennyroyal)
Holonyms ("pennyroyal" is a member of...):
genus Hedeoma; Hedeoma (small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil
Synonyms:
Mentha pulegium; pennyroyal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("pennyroyal" is a kind of...):
mint (any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers)
Meronyms (substance of "pennyroyal"):
pennyroyal oil (oil from European pennyroyal having an odor like mint; used chiefly in soaps)
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