Catmint

//ˈkætmɪnt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of catnip (the plant Nepeta cataria, or other members of the genus) countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    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 wordnet

Synonyms

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catnipnepeta cataria

Etymology

From Middle English catt mynte, kattesminte, equivalent to cat + mint. The word’s appearance in early Middle English (c. 1230) and other Germanic languages (German Katzenminze, Icelandic kattarminta, Swedish kattmynta) means that it is very likely to have existed in Old English (as *cattes minte) as well.

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