Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various aromatic, ornamental plants of the genus Nepeta in the mint family, having variously colored flowers with two-lipped corollas.
- noun Chiefly British Catnip.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the genus Nepeta, N. Cataria: so called because cats are fond of it.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The plant Nepeta cataria, or other members of the genus;
catnip .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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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 Gustave Flaubert 1850
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Flowering herbs such as catmint, lavender and thyme or even flowers grown for cutting encourage pollinators and serve as food sources for beneficial insects.
unknown title 2009
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Flowering herbs such as catmint, lavender and thyme or even flowers grown for cutting encourage pollinators and serve as food sources for beneficial insects.
unknown title 2009
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Flowering herbs such as catmint, lavender and thyme or even flowers grown for cutting encourage pollinators and serve as food sources for beneficial insects.
unknown title 2009
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Flowering herbs such as catmint, lavender and thyme or even flowers grown for cutting encourage pollinators and serve as food sources for beneficial insects.
unknown title 2009
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Flowering herbs such as catmint, lavender and thyme or even flowers grown for cutting encourage pollinators and serve as food sources for beneficial insects.
unknown title 2009
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Flowering herbs such as catmint, lavender and thyme or even flowers grown for cutting encourage pollinators and serve as food sources for beneficial insects.
unknown title 2009
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Flowering herbs such as catmint, lavender and thyme or even flowers grown for cutting encourage pollinators and serve as food sources for beneficial insects.
unknown title 2009
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Flowering herbs such as catmint, lavender and thyme or even flowers grown for cutting encourage pollinators and serve as food sources for beneficial insects.
unknown title 2009
chained_bear commented on the word catmint
Usage/historical note on dicalamentis.
November 28, 2017