"pennyroyal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɛ̝nɪˈɹɔɪ̯əl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɛnɪjˈɹojəl/ [British, Multicultural-London-English, Southern, Standard] Forms: pennyroyals [plural]
Etymology: Apparently an alteration (after penny) of Anglo-Norman puliol royal, from Latin pūlegium. Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|puliol royal}} Anglo-Norman puliol royal, {{der|en|la|pūlegium}} Latin pūlegium Head templates: {{en-noun}} pennyroyal (plural pennyroyals)
  1. Mentha pulegium, a plant of the mint family, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellent. Categories (lifeform): Mints Synonyms (species): European pennyroyal, pennyrile, pudding grass, mosquito plant, squaw mint Translations (Mentha pulegium): βλήχων (blḗkhōn) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), فُوذَنَج (fūḏanaj) [masculine] (Arabic), فْلِيُّو (fliyyū) [masculine] (Arabic), نَعْنَاع بَرِّي (naʕnāʕ barrī) [masculine] (Arabic), txortalo (Basque), полски джоджен (polski džodžen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), poliol [masculine] (Catalan), kirbumünt (Estonian), puolanminttu (Finnish), poexo [masculine] (Galician), ომბალო (ombalo) (Georgian), Polei [masculine] (German), Poleiminze [feminine] (German), Flohkraut [neuter] (German), φλησκούνι (fliskoúni) [neuter] (Greek), csombormenta (Hungarian), borógach [feminine] (Irish), pūlegium [neuter] (Latin), hyllwyrt [feminine] (Old English), polleġie [feminine] (Old English), پونه (pune) (Persian), رافونه (râfune) (Persian), мя́та боло́тная (mjáta bolótnaja) [feminine] (Russian), мя́та бло́шница (mjáta blóšnica) [feminine] (Russian), poleo [masculine] (Spanish), yarpuz (Turkish), brymlys [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (music, obsolete) A traditional old well-known song, especially a spiritual folksong. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Music
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: penny royal Derived forms: bastard pennyroyal, hart's pennyroyal Related terms: American pennyroyal, American false pennyroyal, savin, tansy

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Asking his subscribers to send him \"old pennyroyal tunes\" and \"popular airs,\" he received many contributions from unknown personages, such as \"a Shermantown friend,\" a \"Mr. A. V. Parker,\" a \"Mr. R. H. Williams\" of Westmoreland, and a \"Brother Robbins.\"",
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    "pennyroyal"
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}
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    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Basque translations",
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    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
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    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "Terms with Turkish translations",
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    "en:Mints"
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      "word": "bastard pennyroyal"
    },
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      "word": "hart's pennyroyal"
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  "etymology_text": "Apparently an alteration (after penny) of Anglo-Norman puliol royal, from Latin pūlegium.",
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      "word": "American pennyroyal"
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      "word": "American false pennyroyal"
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      "word": "savin"
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      "word": "tansy"
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          "ref": "1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 216:",
          "text": "Dioscorides says that Pennyroyal makes thin, tough phlegm, warms the coldness of any part whereto it is applied, and digests raw or corrupt matter.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "Mentha pulegium, a plant of the mint family, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellent."
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        {
          "ref": "1878 December, “He Playing She”, in The Elocutionist's Journal, number 22, page 4:",
          "text": "Offenbach and the old college airs, song and dance tunes and pennyroyals, formed the staples for the introduction of hits on manners and times.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1890 October 6, Arthur A. Putnam, “Recollections of the Church Choirs of North Danvers”, in Historic Collections of the Danvers Society:",
          "text": "The singing in the schoolhouse was more like that of one of the old-fashioned, large Yankee families gathered round the hearthstone and singing \"pennyroyals\" Sunday nights.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1905, Methodist Review, volume 87:",
          "text": "The sort of tune […] variously denominated \"gospel song\", \"spiritual song\", \"pennyroyal\",",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1910 October, The Brown Alumni Monthly, volume 11, page 74:",
          "text": "However, three or four of the old \"pennyroyals\" seem to have stood the test of time.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1987, Paul Gaarder Kaatrud, Revivalism and the Popular Spiritual Song in Mid-nineteenth Century America: 1830-1870:",
          "text": "Asking his subscribers to send him \"old pennyroyal tunes\" and \"popular airs,\" he received many contributions from unknown personages, such as \"a Shermantown friend,\" a \"Mr. A. V. Parker,\" a \"Mr. R. H. Williams\" of Westmoreland, and a \"Brother Robbins.\"",
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        "(music, obsolete) A traditional old well-known song, especially a spiritual folksong."
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    {
      "ipa": "/pɛ̝nɪˈɹɔɪ̯əl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/pɛnɪjˈɹojəl/",
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      "word": "penny royal"
    },
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      "sense": "species",
      "word": "European pennyroyal"
    },
    {
      "sense": "species",
      "word": "pennyrile"
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    {
      "sense": "species",
      "word": "pudding grass"
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    {
      "sense": "species",
      "word": "mosquito plant"
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    {
      "sense": "species",
      "word": "squaw mint"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "fūḏanaj",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "فُوذَنَج"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
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      "word": "فْلِيُّو"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "نَعْنَاع بَرِّي"
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      "code": "eu",
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      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "word": "txortalo"
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      "roman": "polski džodžen",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "полски джоджен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "poliol"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "word": "kirbumünt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "word": "puolanminttu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poexo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ombalo",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "word": "ომბალო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Polei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Poleiminze"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Flohkraut"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fliskoúni",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φλησκούνι"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "blḗkhōn",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βλήχων"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "word": "csombormenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "borógach"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "pūlegium"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hyllwyrt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polleġie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pune",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "word": "پونه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "râfune",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "word": "رافونه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mjáta bolótnaja",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мя́та боло́тная"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mjáta blóšnica",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мя́та бло́шница"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poleo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "word": "yarpuz"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Mentha pulegium",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brymlys"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "pennyroyal"
  ],
  "word": "pennyroyal"
}

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