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

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catmint

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

It was many days before I visited that catmint bed again, for it rained very hard.

From Daisy the autobiography of a cat by Miranda Eliot Swan

The word, as Comrade Maude was just about to observe," said Smith, "is a corruption of catmint.

From The Prince and Betty by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

I did love that catmint bed, and never for one moment doubt that in the boundless green fields of Paradise we shall have acres of catmint where we can roll to our hearts' content.

From Daisy the autobiography of a cat by Miranda Eliot Swan

The catmint was soon produced, and they all had a feast.

From Daisy the autobiography of a cat by Miranda Eliot Swan

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