catnip

[ kat-nip ]

noun
  1. a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.

Origin of catnip

1
An Americanism first recorded in 1705–15; cat + nip, variant of Middle English nep “catnip,” variant of Old English nepte, from Medieval Latin nepta, variant of Latin nepeta

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British Dictionary definitions for catnip

catnip

/ (ˈkætˌnɪp) /


noun
  1. another name for catmint

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