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pennyroyal definition

penny·royal (pen′ē ro̵i′əl, pen′ē ro̵i′əl)

noun

  1. a strongly scented, perennial European mint (Mentha pulegium) with bluish-lavender flowers
  2. a similar North American mint (Hedeoma pulegioides) that yields an aromatic oil

Etymology: altered < earlier pulyol ryal < Anglo-Fr puliol real < OFr poliol, pouliol (< L puleium: infl. by assoc. with pulegium, fleabane < ?) + real, royal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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