mentha pulegium

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mentha pulegium - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pennyroyal \Pen`ny*roy"al\, n. [A corruption of OE. puliall
     royal. OE. puliall is ultimately derived fr. L. puleium, or
     pulegium regium (so called as being good against fleas), fr.
     pulex a flea; and royal is a translation of L. regium, in
     puleium regium.] (Bot.)
     An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a North
     American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in
     flavor.
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     Bastard pennyroyal (Bot.) See Blue curls, under Blue.
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  Pudding \Pud"ding\, n. [Cf. F. boudin black pudding, sausage, L.
     botulus, botellus, a sausage, G. & Sw. pudding pudding, Dan.
     podding, pudding, LG. puddig thick, stumpy, W. poten, potten,
     also E. pod, pout, v.]
     1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard
        consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour
        or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.
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              And solid pudding against empty praise. --Pope.
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     2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency
        of, pudding.
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     3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat,
        etc.; a sausage. --Shak.
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     4. Any food or victuals.
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              Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.
                                                    --Prior.
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     5. (Naut.) Same as Puddening.
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     Pudding grass (Bot.), the true pennyroyal (Mentha  Pulegium
        ), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast
        meat. --Dr. Prior.
  
     Pudding pie, a pudding with meat baked in it. --Taylor
        (1630).
  
     Pudding pipe (Bot.), the long, cylindrical pod of the
        leguminous tree Cassia Fistula. The seeds are separately
        imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See Cassia.
  
     Pudding sleeve, a full sleeve like that of the English
        clerical gown. --Swift.
  
     Pudding stone. (Min.) See Conglomerate, n., 2.
  
     Pudding time.
        (a) The time of dinner, pudding being formerly the dish
            first eaten. [Obs.] --Johnson.
        (b) The nick of time; critical time. [Obs.]
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                  Mars, that still protects the stout,
                  In pudding time came to his aid.  --Hudibras.
            [1913 Webster] Pudding fish

mentha pulegium - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Mentha pulegium
      n 1: Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and
           ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil [syn: pennyroyal,
           Mentha pulegium]