Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A hairy aromatic perennial herb (Nepeta cataria) in the mint family, native to Eurasia and containing an aromatic oil to which cats are strongly attracted.
- n. Any of various other mostly aromatic plants of the genus Nepeta, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and clusters of blue, lavender, or white flowers.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as catmint.
Wiktionary
- n. botany Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
- n. Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (Nepeta Cataria), somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar fondness for it.
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
- Compound of cat + Middle English nep, from Old English nepte, from Latin nepeta. (Wiktionary)
- cat + nip, catnip (variant of nep, from Middle English nept, nep, from Old English nepte, from Latin nepeta, aromatic herb, perhaps of Etruscan origin). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“I guess catnip is kitty ganja. (or at least for some).”
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“Then his wife, Aunt Jessica, blew in with a decoction she called catnip tea.”
“The cat, exhausted from his "catnip" - induced shipboard acrobatics, melted into a furry puddle across Maati's knees.”
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“The catnip was a little more potent than Bob expected.”
“That goes for all the officials who thought that using my name as catnip was just playing the Washington game as usual.”
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“laquo; Previous The catnip was a little more potent than Bob expected.”
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“-- better known as catnip -- and it's the first new biopesticide to be registered by the company in eight years.”
“I know my favorite television show will never be interrupted to bring viewers a special broadcast, then cut to a news conference where Mickey Mouse, flanked by Minnie loyally at his side, has to explain why he was arrested in a cheap motel room with underage rodents and a kilo of Colombian primo "catnip" in his car.”
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