catmint
Americannoun
noun
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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By midday, they moved on to blue star amsonia, Little Trudy catmint, sea holly and pasqueflower, which bloomed early in the season and provided food to pollinators building their nests.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2022
He wrote word that he had planted a large grove of catmint for me, and had called it "Daisy's Plantation."
From Daisy the autobiography of a cat by Swan, Miranda Eliot
It was many days before I visited that catmint bed again, for it rained very hard.
From Daisy the autobiography of a cat by Swan, Miranda Eliot
At the end of the grounds was a big bed of catmint.
From Daisy the autobiography of a cat by Swan, Miranda Eliot
My tail had more to do with it than was agreeable to the company; for I whisked it about, greatly to their disgust: they did not like being dusted with catmint.
From Daisy the autobiography of a cat by Swan, Miranda Eliot
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