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pennyroyal

/pen-ee-roi-uhl/US // ˌpɛn iˈrɔɪ əl //UK // (ˌpɛnɪˈrɔɪəl) //

鹏程万里,菥蓂,菥蓂园,槟城

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an aromatic Old World plant, Mentha pulegium, of the mint family, having clusters of small purple flowers and yielding a pungent essential oil used medicinally and as an insect repellent.
    • : Also called mock pennyroyal. a similar, related plant, Hedeoma pulegioides, of eastern North America, having bluish flowers growing from the leaf axils.
    • : any of several other aromatic plants of the mint family.

Examples

  • And Kurt was so happy with it that a few months later he asked me to do another video for them for a song called “Pennyroyal Tea.”

  • I told her to bring me some pennyroyal along from the field next the quarry.

  • Aunt Maria told me you were here—she is impatient for her pennyroyal.

  • There were no iron-clad rules in this comfortable household, especially when Pennyroyal, the help, was away.

  • The school year ended and Pennyroyal, the “hired help,” who had been paying her annual visit to her sister, came back to the farm.

  • Pennyroyal baked griddle-sized cakes, delivering them one at a time direct from 115 the stove to the consumer.