Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Pennyroyal

Pennyroyal , noun

[A corruption of Old English puliall royal. Old English puliall is ultimately derived from Latin puleium, or pulegium regium (so called as being good against fleas), from pulex a flea; and royal is a translation of Latin regium, in puleium regium.]

(Botany) An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a North American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in flavor.
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Bastard pennyroyal (Botany) , See Blue curls, under Blue.