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pennyroyal oil

noun

Medical Definition of PENNYROYAL OIL

:  a yellowish aromatic essential oil obtained from an American pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides) and used as an insect repellent and in folk medicine as an emmenagogue, carminative, and stimulant—called also hedeoma oil

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