(n) erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine, Syn.American pennyroyal, Hedeoma pulegioides
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 ]
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