| NOUN | plant | pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium | Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves |
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| plant | pennyroyal, American pennyroyal, Hedeoma pulegioides | erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers |
| Meaning | Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil. | |
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| Synonym | Mentha pulegium | |
| Broader | mint | Any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers |
| Substances | pennyroyal oil | oil from European pennyroyal having an odor like mint |
| Spanish | mentha pulegium, poleo | |
| Catalan | mentha pulegium, Mentha pulegium, poliol | |
| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | American pennyroyal, Hedeoma pulegioides | |
| Member of | Hedeoma, genus Hedeoma | small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal) |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Substances | pennyroyal oil, hedeoma oil | aromatic oil from American pennyroyal |
| Spanish | hedeoma pulegioides | |
| Catalan | hedeoma pulegioides, poliol | |
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