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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil;
[syn: pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Mentha pulegium n 1: Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil [syn: pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium]