pennyroyal

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A Eurasian mint (Mentha pulegium) having small lilac-blue flowers and ovate or nearly orbicular leaves that yield an essential oil formerly used medicinally and as an insect repellent.

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An aromatic eastern North American mint (Hedeoma pulegioides) having purple-blue flowers and lanceolate to ovate leaves that yield a similar essential oil.

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A much-branched prostrate perennial herb, Mentha Pulegium, of Europe and western Asia.

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A plant of the genus Hedeoma; the American pennyroyal. See Hedeoma, and oil of hedeoma (under oil).

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An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a North American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in flavor.

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See Blue curls, under Blue.

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A plant of the mint family, Mentha pulegium, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellant.

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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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Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil