PENNYROYAL OIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pennyroyal oil mean? 

• PENNYROYAL OIL (noun)
  The noun PENNYROYAL OIL has 2 senses:

1. oil from European pennyroyal having an odor like mint; used chiefly in soaps

2. aromatic oil from American pennyroyal

  Familiarity information: PENNYROYAL OIL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENNYROYAL OIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oil from European pennyroyal having an odor like mint; used chiefly in soaps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pennyroyal oil" is a kind of...):

oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)

Holonyms ("pennyroyal oil" is a substance of...):

Mentha pulegium; pennyroyal (Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Aromatic oil from American pennyroyal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

hedeoma oil; pennyroyal oil

Hypernyms ("pennyroyal oil" is a kind of...):

oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)

Holonyms ("pennyroyal oil" is a substance of...):

American pennyroyal; Hedeoma pulegioides; pennyroyal (erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine)

 Context examples 

Pennyroyal oil has antiseptic properties.

(Pennyroyal Oil, NCI Thesaurus)