pennyroyal

English

Pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium

Etymology

Apparently an alteration (after penny) of Anglo-Norman puliol royal, from Latin pūlegium.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /pɛnɪˈɹɔɪəl/

Noun

pennyroyal (plural pennyroyals)

Mentha pulegium, a plant of the mint family, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellent.
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 216:
  Dioscorides says that Pennyroyal makes thin, tough phlegm, warms the coldness of any part whereto it is applied, and digests raw or corrupt matter.

Synonyms

European pennyroyal
pennyrile
pudding grass
mosquito plant
squaw mint

Translations

Mentha pulegium

Basque: txortalo
Catalan: poliol m
Finnish: puolanminttu
Galician: poexo (gl) m
Georgian: ომბალო (ombalo)
German: Polei m, Poleiminze f, Polei-Minze f, Flohkraut n

Greek: φλησκούνι (el) n (fliskoúni)
Irish: borógach f
Persian: پونه‎‎ (fa) (pune), رافونه‎‎ (rāfune)
Russian: мя́та боло́тная f (mjáta bolótnaja), мя́та бло́шница f (mjáta blóšnica)
Spanish: poleo m

See also

American pennyroyal, American false pennyroyal
savin
tansy

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