English-Thai Dictionary
pennyroyal
N พืช จำพวก มิ้นท์ phud-jam-puek-min
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PENNYROYAL
n.A plant of the genus Mentha. The English pennyroyal is the Mentha pulegium; the N. American pennyroyal is the Cunila pulegioides.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PENNYROYAL
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. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pennyroyal
pen ny roy al |ˈpenēˌroiəl ˈpɛnirɔɪəl | ▶noun either of two small-leaved plants of the mint family, used in herbal medicine. [A creeping Eurasian plant (Mentha pulegium ), and American pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides ), family Labiatae. ] ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Anglo-Norman French puliol (based on Latin pulegium ‘thyme ’) + real ‘royal. ’
Oxford Dictionary
pennyroyal
penny |royal |pɛnɪˈrɔɪəl | ▶noun either of two small-leaved plants of the mint family, used in herbal medicine. ●A creeping Eurasian plant (Mentha pulegium ), and American pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides ), family Labiatae. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Anglo-Norman French puliol (based on Latin pulegium ‘thyme ’) + real ‘royal ’.
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