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		pennyroyaln. Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: puliol royal n. Etymology: Apparently an alteration of puliol royal n. after penny n., perhaps by association with pennywort n.   (which does not, however, denote the same plant), or perhaps via a shortened form of puliol n.   (perhaps compare French regional (Walloon) poli). the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > 			[noun]		 > pennyroyal the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > 			[noun]		 > plant used in medicine > specific plant > pennyroyal α.  1530    J. Palsgrave  253/1  				Penneryall an herbe, poulliot. ?1550    H. Llwyd tr.  Pope John XXI  sig. Q.iiiiv  				Leaves of Rue, Tyme, Organe, Pennyrial. 1573    T. Tusser  		(new ed.)	 f. 39v  				Peneriall. 1657    C. Beck  sig. I7v  				Penirial herb.  β. 1541    T. Elyot  		(new ed.)	 58 b  				Maioram, Peny~royall.1597    J. Gerard   ii. 545  				Our common Pennie roiall.1607    E. Topsell  250  				One ounce of Time, one ounce of Peniroyall.1671    W. Salmon   iii. xxii. 422  				Penyroyal..good against cold and affections of the Nerves and Joynts.1736    N. Bailey  459  				Penny royal is..of a sharp bitter taste.1853    A. Soyer  73  				They may be seasoned with pepper, pennyroyal, honey, or sun-made wine.1922    H. S. Salt  x. 83  				The muddy pool is full of one of the rarer mints—penny-royal.1992     Autumn 14/2  				In Hertfordshire, the loss of springs, winterbournes and wet meadows has led to the extinction from the county of 20 species of plants, including marsh cinquefoil, pennyroyal, [etc.].1994     30 June 702/3  				Pennyroyal, an aromatic mint plant (Mentha pulegium L.), was considered to be an abortifacient in ancient and mediaeval times.the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > 			[noun]		 > mock pennyroyal 1538    T. Elyot   				Tragoriganon, an herbe whiche I suppose, is callyd Peny royalle growyng wylde. 1548    W. Turner  sig. B.vv  				It maye be called in englishe Paules Betony or wodde Peny ryal. 1578    H. Lyte tr.  R. Dodoens   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  8  				Divers excellent Pot-herbs grow abundantly among the Grasse, as..Penyroyall, Wintersauerie, Sorrel [etc.]. 1698    G. Thomas  21  				[There are] most sorts of Saladings..in great plenty also, as..Penny-Royal and Purslain. 1760    J. Lee  App. 322  				Virginian Penny-royal, Satureia. 1785    M. Cutler in   1 463  				Trichostema... Wild Lavender. Great Pennyroyal. 1832    L. M. Child  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  xvi. 196  				The European or American pennyroyal. 1858    H. W. Longfellow   viii  				Over the pastures..made fragrant by sweet penny-royal. 1908     42 684  				The leaves of the American pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides) is smoked by the boys in some parts of Ohio. 1931    W. N. Clute  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     9 June 79/2  				Beside him in the shade, pink mountain pennyroyal—to his south, white angelica. Compounds 1811–12    W. J. Titford  77  				Penny Royal Tree, Satureja Viminea... A shrub with an upright stem. 1866    J. Lindley  & T. Moore  II. 860/1  				Pennyroyal-tree, Satureja viminea. the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > decoction or infusion > 			[noun]		 > aqueous decoction or infusion > specific 1699    tr.   501  				Take of the Water of Piony Flowers two Ounces, Pennyroyal-water an Ounce. 1761    T. Ford in  M. Delany  		(1861)	 III. 629  				[She] took a cup with pennyroyal water in her own hand. 1855    ‘E. S. Delamer’  132  				Pennyroyal water was formerly much distilled as an antidote to spasmodic, nervous, and hysterical affections. 1992    C. Hardyment  iii. 44  				Orange, wormwood, lavender, cinnamon, pennyroyal and strawberry water were all made by bruising the leaves of flowers and then infusing them.  This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1530 |