pennyroyal oil

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Noun	1.	pennyroyal oil - oil from European pennyroyal having an odor like mint; used chiefly in soaps Mentha pulegium, pennyroyal - Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil oil - a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
	2.	pennyroyal oil - aromatic oil from American pennyroyal hedeoma oil American pennyroyal, Hedeoma pulegioides, pennyroyal - erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine oil - a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water

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American pennyroyal hedeoma oil Hedeoma pulegioides Mentha pulegium oil pennyroyal			Engelman cautions that "[t]wo women died in the United States in recent decades after taking large amounts of pennyroyal oil in efforts to self-induce abortion. More: Population, Nature, and What Women Want by Webb, Audrey / Earth Island Journal Pennyroyal oil (Hedeoma Liver and kidney None pulegioides, lurk-in-the- failure, nerve damage, ditch, mosquito plant, convulsions, abdominal piliolerial, pudding tenderness, burning of grass, pulegium, run-by- the throat; deaths the-ground, squaw balm, reported. Supplement regulation pushed by advocates by Perlstein, Steve / Clinical Psychiatry News She inaccurately states that arsenic is used to treat hyperactivity in children and that pennyroyal oil is prescribed by homeopaths to settle the stomach. YOUR LETTERS by Palaestra			penny ante penny ante poker penny arcade penny bank Penny Black Penny cress Penny dog penny dreadful penny grass penny pincher Penny post penny shares penny stock penny whistle Penny wise penny-a-liner penny-dreadful penny-farthing penny-in-the-slot machine penny-pinch penny-pinching penny-wise pennyboy pennycress pennyroyal pennyroyal oil pennyweight pennywhistle pennywort pennyworth Penobscot Penobscot Bay Penobscot River penoche Penock Penological penologist penology penoncel penpusher Penrack Penrith Penrose Penrose Roger Pens Pensacola Pensative pensel Penshurst Place Pensible pensil			penny-size penny-size penny-whistle penny-wise penny-wise and pound-foolish Pennyarcade pennyboy pennycress pennycress pennycresses Pennyfarthing Pennyfarthing Pennying Pennying Pennying Pennying Pennying Pennylvania Pennylvania Pennylvania Pennypack Park Pennyrile Pennyrile Pennyrile Pennyrile Allied Community Services Pennyrile Area Development District Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park pennyroyal pennyroyal pennyroyal pennyroyal oil pennyroyals pennyroyals pennyroyals Pennys Pennys Pennys Pennys Pennys Pennyslvania, United States Pennyslvania, United States Pennyslvania, United States Pennyslvanian Pennyslvanian pennyweight pennyweight pennyweight pennyweight pennyweights pennyweights pennyweights pennywhistle pennywise pennywise pennywort pennywort pennywort pennyworth pennyworths pennyworts pennyworts

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