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  1. Pennyroyal
    (Mentha) This is a large group of well-known perennial herbs, which are widely spread over the temperate parts of the world. Mentha includes the Apple Mint, Curly Mint, Pennyroyal, Peppermint, Pineapple Mint, Spearmint and Water or Bog Mint. Following are descriptions of each variety.…
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  2. pennyroyal
    [n] - Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves 2. [n] - erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers
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  3. Pennyroyal
    Pen`ny·roy'al noun [ A corruption of Middle English puliall royal . Middle English puliall is ultimately derived from Latin puleium , or pulegium regium (so called as being good against fleas), from pulex a flea; and ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/47

  4. pennyroyal
    <botany> An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a North American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in flavor. ... <botany> Bastard pennyroyal See Blue curls, under Blue. ... Origin: A corruption of OE. Puliall royal. OE. Puliall is ultimately derived fr. L. Puleium, ...
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  5. pennyroyal
    noun Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil
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  6. pennyroyal
    Hedeoma pulegioides noun erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine
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  7. Pennyroyal
    • (n.) An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a North American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in flavor.
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  8. pennyroyal
    (from the article `Mentha`) ...in denser spikes. Peppermint may be a hybrid between spearmint and water mint (M. aquatica), which has hairy stems, broadly oval, scented leaves, ... ...eaten. This plant has hairy leaves with silky undersides and dense flower spikes. The water mint, Mentha aquatica, g...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/39

  9. Pennyroyal
    Pennyroyal refers to two plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. For the American species, see American pennyroyal. The European pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium, (also called Squaw Mint, Mosquito Plant, and Pudding Grass), is a plant in the mint genus, within the family Lamiaceae. Crushed Pennyroyal leav...
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  10. pennyroyal
    pennyroyal, name for two similar plants of the family Labiatae (mint family), usually distinguished as true, or European, pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) and American, or mock, pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides). Both have small bluish or purplish flowers in the leaf axils. The European pennyroyal is per...
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  11. pennyroyal
    Type: Term Pronunciation: pen′ē-roy′ăl Definitions: 1. A name in alternative and complementary medicine given to Mentha pulegium (an aromatic pennyroyal), or to Hedeoma pulegeoides (American pennyroyal) (family Labiatae); an aromatic stimulant formerly used as an emmenagogue.
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=66688

  12. pennyroyal
    1) European mint 2) Mentha pulegium 3) Mint 4) Pungent mint
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/pennyroyal/1

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