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† ˈpudding-grass Obs. exc. Hist. Pennyroyal, Mentha pulegium.
1538Turner Libellus, Origanum..est herba quam uulgus appellat Peny ryall, aut puddynge gyrse. 1562― Herbal ii. 106 b, Puddyng grasse. 1629Parkinson Paradisus 477 Pennyroyall..vsed to be put into puddings,..and therefore in diuers places they know it by no other name then Pudding-grasse. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 324 Pudding-grass, Mentha. 1904G. G. Niles Bog-trotting for Orchids x. 132 The Wild Pennyroyal of the ancients..was known in England, during 1500, as Podding-Grasse or Pudding-Grass. 1972Y. Lovelock Veg. Bk. iii. 336 It [sc. pennyroyal] was especially popular as a meat-stuffing, and was thus known as pudding grass or herb. |