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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 116 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PENNYROYAL , in See also:

BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany, a See also:

HERB (Lat. herba, grass, food for cattle, generally taken to represent the Old Lat. forbea, Gr. 4op(3i1, pasture, <0p/3Ew, to feed, Sans. bharb, to eat)

herb formerly much used in See also:

MEDICINE

medicine, the name being a corruption of the old herbalist's name " Pulioll-royall," Pulegium See also:

REGIUM (Gr. `Pi ytov: in Latin the aspirate is omitted)

regium. It is a member of the See also:

mint genus, and has been known to botanists since the See also:

time of See also:

LINNAEUS

Linnaeus as Mentha pulegium. It is a perennial herb with a slender branched See also:

STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem, square in See also:

section, up to a See also:

FOOT

foot in length and rooting at the See also:

LOWER

lower nodes, small opposite stalked See also:

OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval leaves about See also:

HALF

half-See also:

INCH (O. Eng. ynce from Lat. uncia, a twelfthpart; cf. " ounce," and see As)

inch See also:

long, and dense clusters of small reddish-See also:

PURPLE

purple See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers in the See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf axils, forming almost globular whorls. It grows in See also:

DAMP

damp gravelly places, especially near pools, on heaths and See also:

COMMONS

commons. It has a strong See also:

SMELL (connected etymologically with " smoulder " and " smoke ")

smell somewhat like that of spearmint, due to a volatile oil which is readily obtained by See also:

DISTILLATION (from the Lat. distillare, more correctly destillare, to drop or trickle down)

distillation with See also:

WATER

water, and is known in See also:

PHARMACY

pharmacy as Oleum pulegii. The specific name recalls its supposed See also:

PROPERTY

property of See also:

DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving away fleas (pulices). Like the other mints it has carminative and stimulant properties.

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