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Definition of Nepeta
1. Noun. Catmint.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Labiatae, Family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Mint Family
Member holonyms: Catmint, Catnip, Nepeta Cataria
Definition of Nepeta
1. n. A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground ivy.
Definition of Nepeta
1. Noun. (botany) Any of the genus ''Nepeta'' of flowering plants, including the catnip and ground ivy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nepeta
1. catnip [n -S] - See also: catnip
Medical Definition of Nepeta
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nepeta
Literary usage of Nepeta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Botany, Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1793)
"nepeta Cataria. Linn. Sj>. Pl . 796. Hudf. FI. An. 249. ... Wherever they meet
with the nepeta, they entirely ..."
2. A Practical Flora for Schools and Colleges by Oliver Rivington Willis (1894)
"—The home of the nepeta Cataria is Europe and western Asia. ... nepeta, the
generic name of this plant, is said to have been given to it because it was ..."
3. A Class-book of Botany: Designed for Colleges, Academies, and Other by Alphonso Wood (1854)
"Flower nepeta С*ши- 16. One of it« anthers. 17. Cunila Mariana. IS. A calyx and
style. ЙШ of ike Genera. ..."
4. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"nepeta nuda, L. (fig. 598). Fruit of four nutlets, separating when mature, ...
nepeta nuda, x 25. Longitudinal section of nutlet: R, radicle ; A, ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"(1) nepeta Glechoma, Benth.—S. Bucks. (1\ Saxifraga umbrosa, L.— Wilts (Devizes).
(4) The proliferous garden variety of Bellis perennis, L.—Wr. Ches. ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The best-known genera represented in the United States are nepeta (catnip),
Mentha (mint), Origanum (marjoram), Salvia (sage), Thymus (thyme), ..."
7. Handy Book of the Flower-garden, Being Practical Directions for the by David Thomson (1876)
"NEMOPHILA—NIEREMBERGIA—nepeta. creased by cuttings at any time, and a few plants
in heat during spring yield a large stock. NEMOPHILA INSIGNIS. ..."
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