pennyroyal
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- noun
- /ˈpɛniˌrɔɪəl/
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pennyroyal
- She made a tea from pennyroyal leaves, which is often used in traditional remedies.
- pennyroyal tea
Examples
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The blossom of the wild pennyroyal, Piloblephic rigida, is barely 3/16 inches in length; its stiff, needle-like leaves are 3/8 inches long.
Academic text (2010) -
"Don't let this get around," she’d told Delia, "but insects despise pennyroyal."
Fiction book (1995) -
Vanessa said the trick was pennyroyal.
Fiction book (1995) -
Why, they would teach the Indians what they knew of Bandaloop immortality, and moreover, Kudra would throw away her pennyroyal, and she and Alobar would at last have children of their own.
Fiction book (1990) -
Olympia can see, from where she sits, the Pigeon Milk, the Pennyroyal Pills, the Ginger Tonic, and Johnson's Lineament.
Fiction book (2002) -
It was three different kinds of teas made from wild herbs he'd picked and dried in the Sierras the summer before: pennyroyal, coyote mint, saxifrage.
Fiction book (1992) -
In his own Kentucky survey report, published as Geography of the Pennyroyal, Sauer praised Shaler as "one of the greatest geographers of America" (Sauer 1927, ix).
Academic text (2012) -
Many gardeners choose to plant pennyroyal in their yards because it naturally repels insects.
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The aroma of pennyroyal is pleasant and is commonly used in herbal sachets.
Synonyms
A small mint plant from Europe and Asia with purple flowers and a strong smell called pennyroyal
A hairy plant with purple blue flowers that keeps insects away and people sometimes use in folk medicine
A North American mint herb with small purple flowers used to repel insects and to make home remedies
Compounds
- Specialized
An eastern United States plant with a minty smell that looks like pennyroyal but is a different kind
A hairy plant with purple blue flowers that keeps insects away and people sometimes use in folk medicine
An oil from the pennyroyal plant that gives a minty scent and is used in remedies but can be poisonous
How Aromatic
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pennyroyal is easy to remember if you split it into penny ('small coin') and royal ('king'). A helpful image is a humble, cheap herb with a strong, 'royal' scent that people valued in folk medicine and used to keep insects away.