Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of labiate plants, type of the tribe Nepeteæ, known by the tubular calyx and anther-cells diverging or divaricate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground ivy.

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  • noun catmint

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Examples

  • The leaves are not the narrow ones of L. leonurus, but rather larger like a Nepeta.

    September Bloom Day 2009 « Fairegarden 2009

  • Although they are prone to lie on top of the Nepeta

    Cat Adaptation « Fairegarden 2009

  • Just found this post when googling Penstemon and Nepeta.

    Leaves Of Grass(es)* « Fairegarden 2009

  • Both endemic species and genera are found and these include Spartocytisus supranubius, Erysimum scoparium, Nepeta teydea, Plantago webbii, Senecio palmensis, Juniperus cedrus, Polycarpaea tenuis, and Echium sp.

    Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests 2008

  • The species endemic to the mountain include its two most representative species, sticky broom Adenocarpus viscosus and the widespread Teide white broom Spartocytisus supranubius, also Teide violet Viola cheiranthifolia which grows up to the summit, Teide edelweiss Gnaphalium teydeum, dwarf bugloss Echium auberianum, the thistle Stemmacantha cynaroides and the Teide catmint Nepeta teydia var. albiflora.

    Teide National Park, Spain 2008

  • Common species found at these altitudes include Delphinium cashmerianum, Glechoma tibetica, Silene longicarpophora, Potentilla fruticosa, and Nepeta spp.

    Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe 2008

  • Nepeta…the new defense budget bill that was passed last fall would more than suffice if Bush insists on having it his way.

    Think Progress » FACT CHECK: Congress Does Not Have To Fund Escalation In Iraq 2007

  • Thus you are not ignorant of the singularly aphrodisiac effect produced by the Nepeta cataria, vulgarly called catmint, on the feline race; and, on the other hand, to quote an example whose authenticity I can answer for.

    Madame Bovary 2003

  • It is sometimes called "Nep," as contracted from _Nepeta_.

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

  • Perhaps the name Ground Ivy was transferred at first to the _Nepeta_ from the Periwinkle, about which we read in an old distich of Stockholm: --

    Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

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