Definition of Bastard pennyroyal

1. Noun. Aromatic plant of the eastern United States.

Exact synonyms: Trichostema Dichotomum
Generic synonyms: Blue Curls

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bastard Pennyroyal

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bast fiber
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bastard
bastard feverfew
bastard indigo
bastard lignum vitae
bastard operator from hell
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bastard pennyroyal (current term)
bastard pimpernel
bastard ridley
bastard sugar
bastard sword
bastard swords
bastard title
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bastard trumpeter
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bastard wing
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Literary usage of Bastard pennyroyal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nantucket Wild Flowers by Alice Owen Albertson (1921)
"LABIATE MINT FAMILY Trichostema dichotomum, L. Deep violet or magenta-blue Blue-curls, bastard pennyroyal. July-October Trichostema: from Greek for a hair ..."

2. Second Report of a Geological Reconnoissance of the Middle and Southern by Richard Owen (1860)
"bastard pennyroyal, False Pennyroyal. Mint. Spear-mint, . . Wild mint, . . Water Horehound. Dittany. ii Basil. Wild Marjoram. Basil. Balm. Pennyroyal. ..."

3. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1878)
"... COMMON В. or bastard pennyroyal. Sandy fields E. & 8.: 6' - 12' high, with mostly lance-oblong ..."

4. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1891)
"... rhombic-lanceolate, rarely lance-linear, short-petioled.—Sandy fields, extending from the Atlantic region into Texas. Known as “bastard pennyroyal.” 3. ..."

5. Nature's Garden: An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect by Neltje Blanchan (1900)
"bastard pennyroyal, which, like the Self-heal, is sometimes called Blue Curls (Trichostema dichotomum), chooses dry fields, but preferably sandy ones, ..."

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