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Definition of Pennyroyals
1. pennyroyal [n] - See also: pennyroyal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pennyroyals
Literary usage of Pennyroyals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Various Writings of Cornelius Mathews by Cornelius Mathews (1863)
"... very minute in a lonesome attic, and does nothing all day, but wrap his head
in a cotton handkerchief, and write sonnets and madrigals and pennyroyals. ..."
2. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"false pennyroyals have the fruit-rudiment lobed into four sections, but not fairly
divided into four nutlets as in the rest of the mints. ..."
3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
""Or- gany" and "organs" are easily seen to be contractions of Origanum while "winter
sweet" refers to its odor. There are a number of "false pennyroyals" ..."
4. A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by John Henry Clarke (1900)
"Both the American and the British " pennyroyals" have a popular reputation
as "female regulators," which is by no means undeserved. ..."
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