catmint

American

[kat-mint] / ˈkætˌmɪnt /

noun

Chiefly British.

catnip.

catmint British

/ ˈkætˌmɪnt /

noun

Also called: catnip. a Eurasian plant, Nepeta cataria, having spikes of purple-spotted white flowers and scented leaves of which cats are fond: family Lamiaeae (labiates)

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Etymology

Origin of catmint

1225–75; Middle English cattesminte equivalent to cattes, genitive of cat ( def. ) + minte mint ¹

Example Sentences

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Then again in the sun would be Hyssop and Catmint, and Lavender-cotton and Southernwood, with others of the scented Artemisias, and Sage and Marjoram.

From Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur by Jekyll, Gertrude

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