| 释义 |
pen·ny·roy·al
\|penē|rȯi(y)əl, -nə̇|-, -ȯil, dial |penə|rīl\ noun
Etymology: probably by folk etymology (influence of pennywort and royal) from Middle French poullieul, poliol, modification of Latin puleium, pulegium fleabane, fleawort, pennyroyal
1. : a European perennial mint (Mentha pulegium) with small pungently aromatic leaves
2. : a plant of the genus Hedeoma; especially : an erect hairy branching American herb (H. pulegioides) that yields an essential oil and is sometimes used in folk medicine as an emmenagogue and diaphoretic — called also American pennyroyal; see pennyroyal oil
3. : any of several western No. American aromatic herbs of the genus Monardella; especially : an herb (M. villosa) of California |