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• pouliot — 1. pouliot [ puljo ] n. m. • 1538; de l a. fr. poliol, puliol, puliel; lat. puleium ♦ Variété de menthe (herbe de Saint Laurent) utilisée comme antispasmodique et stimulant. pouliot 2. pouliot [ puljo ] n. m. • 1723 « petite poulie »; 1382 «… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• pennyroyal — noun Etymology: probably alteration of Anglo French puliol real, from puliol pennyroyal (ultimately from Latin puleium) + real royal Date: 1530 1. a European perennial mint (Mentha pulegium) with small aromatic leaves 2. an aromatic North… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pennyroyal — n. 1 a creeping mint, Mentha pulegium, cultivated for its supposed medicinal properties. 2 US an aromatic plant, Hedeoma pulegioides. Etymology: app. f. earlier puliol(e) ryall f. AF puliol, OF pouliol ult. f. L pulegium + real ROYAL …   Useful english dictionary

• pennyroyal — /pen ee roy euhl/, n. 1. an aromatic Old World plant, Mentha pulegium, of the mint family, having clusters of small purple flowers and yielding a pungent essential oil used medicinally and as an insect repellent. 2. Also called mock pennyroyal. a …   Universalium

• pennyroyal — herb, 1520s, alteration by folk etymology of Anglo Fr. puliol real; for second element see ROYAL (Cf. royal); first element ultimately from L. puleglum thyme …   Etymology dictionary

• pennyroyal — noun a small leaved plant of the mint family, used in herbal medicine. [Mentha pulegium (Eurasia) and Hedeoma pulegioides (N. America).] Origin C16: from Anglo Norman Fr. puliol (based on L. pulegium thyme ) + real royal …   English new terms dictionary

• pennyroyal — pen•ny•roy•al [[t]ˌpɛn iˈrɔɪ əl[/t]] n. 1) pln an aromatic Old World plant, Mentha pulegium, of the mint family, having clusters of small purple flowers 2) pln a similar related plant, Hedeoma pulegioides, of E North America, having bluish… …   From formal English to slang

• pennyroyal — /pɛniˈrɔɪəl/ (say penee royuhl) noun any of several herbaceous plants, as the Eurasian pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium, or the American mock pennyroyal, Hedeoma pulegioides, used medicinally and yielding a pungent aromatic oil. {penny (? alteration… …  

• pennyroyal — [pen′ē roi΄əl, pen΄ē roi′əl] n. [altered < earlier pulyol ryal < Anglo Fr puliol real < OFr poliol, pouliol (< L puleium: infl. by assoc. with pulegium, fleabane < ?) + real,ROYAL] 1. a strongly scented, perennial European mint… …   English World dictionary

• pen|ny|roy|al — «PEHN ee ROY uhl», noun. 1. any one of various plants of the mint family, especially: a) a perennial European herb having small aromatic leaves. b) a similar American herb that yields a pungent oil formerly much used as a mosquito repellent and… …   Useful english dictionary