| NOUN | plant | Hedeoma pulegioides, pennyroyal, American pennyroyal | erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers |
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| 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 | pennyroyal, American pennyroyal | |
| 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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