PENNYROYAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pennyroyal mean? 

• PENNYROYAL (noun)
  The noun PENNYROYAL has 2 senses:

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

2. erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine

  Familiarity information: PENNYROYAL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENNYROYAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Mentha pulegium; pennyroyal

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American pennyroyal; Hedeoma pulegioides; pennyroyal

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))

 Context examples 

Pennyroyal oil has antiseptic properties.

(Pennyroyal Oil, NCI Thesaurus)