catmint

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Definition von catmint im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

The plant Nepeta cataria, or other members of the genus; catnip

{n} a plant, calamint, catnip

It is so called because cats have a peculiar fondness for it

{i} catnip, type of strongly scented plant which cats like

A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta N

Cataria, somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine

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

nepeta

Silbentrennung

cat·mint

Etymologie

() From cat + mint.