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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[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.

Bastard pennyroyal

(Bot.)

See

Blue curls

, under

Noun.

A plant of the genus Mentha.

The English pennyroyal is the Mentha pulegium; the N. American pennyroyal is the Cunila pulegioides.