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Definition of Catmint
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Nepeta, Nepeta
Definition of Catmint
1. Noun. The plant ''Nepeta cataria'', or other members of the genus; catnip. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Catmint
1. catnip [n -S] - See also: catnip
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catmint
Literary usage of Catmint
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British flora medica: a history of the medicinal plants of Great Britain by Benjamin Herbert Barton, Thomas Castle (1877)
"... been allowed for the establishment of the vinous fermentation, was considered
an excellent cataplasm. XL. NEPETA CATARIA, L. catmint. Nat. Ord. LABIATA. ..."
2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Hungarian catmint. Nn!. of Hungary and Austria. CuH. ... Blue catmint. Nat.
Introd. 1777, by Casimer Gomez Ortega, MDH May and June. ' H. If. 5. ..."
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