'Mentha Pulegium' definitions:
Definition of 'Mentha pulegium'
From: WordNet
noun
Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil [syn: pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium]
Definition of 'Mentha Pulegium'
From: GCIDE
- Pudding \Pud"ding\, n. [Cf. F. boudin black pudding, sausage, L. botulus, botellus, a sausage, G. & Sw. pudding pudding, Dan. podding, pudding, LG. puddig thick, stumpy, W. poten, potten, also E. pod, pout, v.]
- 1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc. [1913 Webster]
- And solid pudding against empty praise. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency of, pudding. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat, etc.; a sausage. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Any food or victuals. [1913 Webster]
- Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Naut.) Same as Puddening. [1913 Webster]
- Pudding grass (Bot.), the true pennyroyal ({Mentha Pulegium}), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast meat. --Dr. Prior.
- Pudding pie, a pudding with meat baked in it. --Taylor (1630).
- Pudding pipe (Bot.), the long, cylindrical pod of the leguminous tree Cassia Fistula. The seeds are separately imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See Cassia.
- Pudding sleeve, a full sleeve like that of the English clerical gown. --Swift.
- Pudding stone. (Min.) See Conglomerate, n., 2.
- Pudding time. (a) The time of dinner, pudding being formerly the dish first eaten. [Obs.] --Johnson. (b) The nick of time; critical time. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Mars, that still protects the stout, In pudding time came to his aid. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] Pudding fish
Definition of 'Mentha Pulegium'
From: GCIDE
- Pennyroyal \Pen`ny*roy"al\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
- Bastard pennyroyal (Bot.) See Blue curls, under Blue. [1913 Webster]