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Pungent mint
Answer for the clue "Pungent mint ", 10 letters:
pennyroyal
Alternative clues for the word pennyroyal
- Region of Kentucky
- Yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine
- Kind of mint
- Mint coin befitting the Queen
- Erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers
- Mint coin — sovereign
- Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves
Word definitions for pennyroyal in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil [syn: Mentha pulegium ] erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
herb, 1520s, alteration by folk etymology of Anglo-French puliol real ; for second element see royal ; first element ultimately from Latin puleium "thyme," of unknown origin.
Usage examples of pennyroyal.
He was also the first to concoct wine seasoned with mastich and with pennyroyal and all such mixtures, which our present luxury retains.
Domestic treatment may be given as follows, until a physician can be obtained: Catnip, pennyroyal, or pleurisy-root tea, containing one teaspoonful of the Extract of Smart-weed, may be given, to drive the rash to the surface.
As she made her way across the room she heard the tinkle of ice cubes against his glass, and as she stepped out she smelled the pennyroyal, chamomile and feverfew crushed underfoot, and headier now than in the morning.
Several kinds of the Mints have been used medicinally from the earliest times, such as Balm, Basil, Ground Ivy, Horehound, Marjoram, Pennyroyal, Peppermint, Rosemary, Sage, Savory, Spearmint, and Thyme, some being esteemed rather as pot herbs, than as exercising positive medicinal effects.
The most useful as Herbal Simples which have yet to be considered are Pennyroyal, Peppermint, and Spearmint.
Elizabeth tipped her head back to look at him upside down and dissolved in a genuine smile as he smoothed pennyroyal ointment over the mass of tiny welts.
Eucalyptus, citronella, cedarwood, tea-tree oil and pennyroyal are among the best.
He fed Rhodry infusions of coltsfoot and elecampe to bring up the phlegm, hyssop and pennyroyal to make him sweat, and quaking aspen as a general febrifuge.
The LESSER CALAMINT (Calamintha nepeta) is a variety of the herb possessing almost superior virtues, with a stronger odour, resembling that of Pennyroyal, and a moderately pungent taste somewhat like Spearmint, but warmer.
I place loose pennyroyal in his bedding and put a few drops of essential oil on his brush when I groom him.
In 1984, Barry Moser, America's premier wood engraver, created a limited illustrated version for his Pennyroyal Press based on the first edition.