Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various aromatic, ornamental, annual or perennial plants of the genus Nepeta, having opposite leaves and variously colored flowers with two-lipped corollas.
- n. Chiefly British Catnip.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A plant of the genus Nepeta, N. Cataria: so called because cats are fond of it. It is stimulant and slightly tonic, and is a domestic remedy for various ailments. Malabar catmint is Anisomeles Malabarica, a similar labiate, used by the natives of India as a tonic and febrifuge. Also
catnip .
Wiktionary
- n. The plant Nepeta cataria, or other members of the genus; catnip.
WordNet 3.0
- n. 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
- From cat + mint. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
“For the first time an insect repellent active ingredient is available from a sustainable source — the catmint plant — that combines true efficacy with natural product cachet.”
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“So I picked up three pepper plants, some elfin thyme (which is adorable!) and some catmint.”
“Frances catmint said this on January 22, 2010 at 5:11 am | Reply”
“Frances catmint said this on February 8, 2010 at 7:42 am | Reply”
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“Not that it will ever be cured, part of the human condition? cheers, catmint”
“Frances catmint said this on March 22, 2010 at 5:08 pm | Reply”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘catmint’.
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Love Across Kingdoms
Appendix of sorts to AIC, listing plants named with reference to animals and vice versa.
duck potato, hog plum, sorrel mare, horse aloe, horse chestnut, banana slug, tiger lily, buffalo grass, tuna fruit, monkey puzzle, bull kelp, hawkweed and 133 more...
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Flora
Flowers and plants have some of the most beautiful names.
These are often the common names, as opposed to the scientific or botanical names.daffodil, gardenia, tulip, snapdragon, violet, orchid, bleeding heart, daisy, lily, lilac, narcissus, rose and 278 more...
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thing
apron, lard, clove, camphor, alfalfa, amber, caraway, juniper, kohl, lute, shale, glyph and 142 more...
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Flora
fenugreek, verbena, saxifrage, arbutus, calendula, nasturtium, lobelia, hellebore, rhododendron, philodendron, bellflower, heuchera and 449 more...
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the gardener and apothecary's
bryony, chamomile, frond, sweet bay, laurel, monkshood, henbane, hemlock, parsley, rosemary, thyme, lady's mantle and 140 more...
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Miscellany, pt. c
chokedamp, clitter, circumbendibus, catmint, cacoëpy, co-feoffee, caribou, conturbation, chalicothere, calamus, cochineal, cincture and 168 more...
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Hedgepiglet
Words for things both tangible and nonanthropic
rorqual, vellus, wrasse, rainbow bee-eater, tinkershire, lemonquat, boomslang, tufted vetch, cubeb, nipplefruit, madapple, wad and 447 more...
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silly, silly words
besnotted, skedaddle, humdinger, pamplemousse, pantalones, underpants gnomes, underoos, herpes zoster, possums, meat slurry, sausage, peevish and 256 more...
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Items To Which We Are Attracted
catnip, spikenard, mice, catmint, things that rustle, small plastic bal..., laser pointer, that thing under ..., the can opener, birds, spiders, snakes and 7 more...
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