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hedeoma oil — noun aromatic oil from American pennyroyal • Syn: ↑pennyroyal oil • Hypernyms: ↑oil • Substance Holonyms: ↑pennyroyal, ↑American pennyroyal, ↑Hedeoma pulegioides * * * … Useful english dictionary
Hedeoma pulegioides — noun erect hairy branching American herb having purple blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine • Syn: ↑pennyroyal, ↑American pennyroyal • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Member… … Useful english dictionary
oil — An inflammable liquid, of fatty consistency and unctuous feel, which is insoluble in water, soluble or insoluble in alcohol, and freely soluble in ether. Oils are variously classified as animal … Medical dictionary
pennyroyal oil — noun 1. oil from European pennyroyal having an odor like mint; used chiefly in soaps • Hypernyms: ↑oil • Substance Holonyms: ↑pennyroyal, ↑Mentha pulegium 2. aromatic oil from American pennyroyal • Syn: ↑hedeoma oil … Useful english dictionary
pennyroyal oil — n a yellowish aromatic essential oil obtained from an American pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides) and used as an insect repellent and in folk medicine as an emmenagogue, carminative, and stimulant called also hedeoma oil * * * an essential oil… … Medical dictionary
American pennyroyal — noun erect hairy branching American herb having purple blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine • Syn: ↑pennyroyal, ↑Hedeoma pulegioides • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Member… … Useful english dictionary
Гедеомовое масло — (Ol. Hedeomae, am. Poleiöl, Ess. d Hedeoma, Oil of Pennyroyal) получается перегонкой из цветущих растений Hedeoma pulegioides главным образом в Сев. Каролине и Огайо. Тонна свежих растений дает 10 12 фн. масла. Выход масла из сухих растений едва… … Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона
Pennyroyal — Pennyrile redirects here. For the Kentucky region, see Pennyroyal Plateau. For the Kentucky highway, see Pennyrile Parkway. Pennyroyal Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
pennyroyal — A name in folk medicine given to Mentha pulegium (an aromatic p.), or to Hedeoma pulegeoides (American p.) (family Labiatae); an aromatic stimulant formerly used as an emmenagogue. * * * pen·ny·roy·al .pen ē rȯi( ə)l, pen i .rīl n any of several … Medical dictionary
mint family — noun a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four lobed ovaries yielding four one seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary • Syn: ↑Labiatae, ↑family Labiatae, ↑Lamiaceae,… … Useful english dictionary
