单词 | american pennyroyal |
释义 | > as lemmasAmerican pennyroyal 2. Frequently with distinguishing word. Any of various aromatic plants, chiefly of the family Lamiaceae ( Labiatae), resembling this; (in later use) any plant of the North American genus Hedeoma (family Lamiaceae ( Labiatae)), esp. H. pulegoides (also American pennyroyal), used in herbal medicine.bastard pennyroyal, false pennyroyal, mock pennyroyal: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > mock pennyroyal pennyroyal1538 mock pennyroyal1848 tick-weed1884 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Tragoriganon, an herbe whiche I suppose, is callyd Peny royalle growyng wylde. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. B.vv It maye be called in englishe Paules Betony or wodde Peny ryal. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxxv. 247 There be three sortes of Calamynt... The second kinde which is called wild Penny~ryall, hath also square stalkes couered with softe Cotton, and almost creeping by the ground. 1630 F. Higginson New-Englands Plantation 8 Divers excellent Pot-herbs grow abundantly among the Grasse, as..Penyroyall, Wintersauerie, Sorrel [etc.]. 1698 G. Thomas Hist & Geogr. Acct. Pensilvania 21 [There are] most sorts of Saladings..in great plenty also, as..Penny-Royal and Purslain. 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 322 Virginian Penny-royal, Satureia. 1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 463 Trichostema... Wild Lavender. Great Pennyroyal. 1832 L. M. Child Frugal Housewife 115 Some make a decoction of indigo-weed, and other of pennyroyal, and bathe horses with it, to defend them from insects. 1844 J. Sappington & F. Stith Theory & Treatm. Fevers xvi. 196 The European or American pennyroyal. 1858 H. W. Longfellow Courtship Miles Standish viii Over the pastures..made fragrant by sweet penny-royal. 1908 Amer. Naturalist 42 684 The leaves of the American pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides) is smoked by the boys in some parts of Ohio. 1931 W. N. Clute Common Names Plants 144 Practically the only pennyroyal we know of in America is a little plant of the mint family (Hedeoma pulegioides) which inhabits dry hillsides and makes its presence known, when trod upon, by a strong aromatic odor. 2003 New Yorker 9 June 79/2 Beside him in the shade, pink mountain pennyroyal—to his south, white angelica. < as lemmas |
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