MENTHA PULEGIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mentha pulegium mean? 

• MENTHA PULEGIUM (noun)
  The noun MENTHA PULEGIUM has 1 sense:

1. Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil

  Familiarity information: MENTHA PULEGIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENTHA PULEGIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Mentha pulegium; pennyroyal

Hypernyms ("Mentha pulegium" is a kind of...):

mint (any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers)

Meronyms (substance of "Mentha pulegium"):

pennyroyal oil (oil from European pennyroyal having an odor like mint; used chiefly in soaps)

 Context examples 

The essential oil extracted from the leaves of Mentha pulegium.

(Pennyroyal Oil, NCI Thesaurus)