'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]