Pen·ny·roy·al n.  Bot. An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a North American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in flavor.
 Bastard pennyroyal Bot. See Blue curls, under Blue.
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 Pud·ding n.
 1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.
    And solid pudding against empty praise.   --Pope.
 2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency of, pudding.
 3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat, etc.; a sausage.
 4. Any food or victuals.
    Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.   --Prior.
 5. Naut. Same as Puddening.
 Pudding grass Bot., the true pennyroyal (Mentha Pulegium), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast meat. --Dr. Prior.
 Pudding pie, a pudding with meat baked in it. --Taylor (1630).
 Pudding pipe Bot., the long, cylindrical pod of the leguminous tree Cassia Fistula. The seeds are separately imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See Cassia.
 Pudding sleeve, a full sleeve like that of the English clerical gown. --Swift.
 Pudding stone.  Min. See Conglomerate, n., 2.
 Pudding time. (a) The time of dinner, pudding being formerly the dish first eaten. [Obs.] --Johnson. (b) The nick of time; critical time. [Obs.]
 Mars, that still protects the stout,
 In pudding time came to his aid.   --Hudibras.
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 Mentha pulegium
      n : Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and
          ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil [syn: pennyroyal]