HyperDic: hedeoma_pulegioides

English > 1 sense of the expression Hedeoma pulegioides:
NOUNplantHedeoma pulegioides, pennyroyal, American pennyroyalerect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers
English > Hedeoma pulegioides: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningErect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine.
Synonymspennyroyal, American pennyroyal
Member ofHedeoma, genus Hedeomasmall genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal)
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Substancespennyroyal oil, hedeoma oilaromatic oil from American pennyroyal
Spanishhedeoma pulegioides
Catalanhedeoma pulegioides, poliol

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