pennyroyal, American 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
pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium
(noun) Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pennyroyal (plural pennyroyals)
Mentha pulegium, a plant of the mint family, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellent.
• (species): European pennyroyal, pennyrile, pudding grass, mosquito plant, squaw mint
Source: Wiktionary
Pen`ny*roy"al, n. Etym: [A corruption of OE. puliall royal. OE. puliall is ultimately derived fr. L. puleium, or pulegium regium (so called as being good against fleas), fr. pulex a flea; and royal is a translation of L. regium, in puleium regium.] (Bot.)
Definition: An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a North American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in flavor. Bastard pennyroyal (Bot.) See Blue curls, under Blue.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 November 2024
(adverb) involving the use of histology or histological techniques; “histologically identifiable structures”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
