catmint

[ kat-mint ]

/ ˈkætˌmɪnt /

noun Chiefly British.

catnip.

Origin of catmint

1225–75; Middle English cattesminte equivalent to cattes, genitive of cat + minte mint¹

Words nearby catmint

cationic detergent, catkin, catlike, catlin, catling, catmint, catnap, catnapper, catnip, cato, catoctin mountain park

Example sentences from the Web for catmint

Catmint will cause those of the most gentle and mild dispositions to become fierce and quarrelsome.

Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics |Richard Folkard
He knew where it was kept, and would go and mew before the closet door till he got his catmint.

Daisy |Miranda Eliot Swan
I shall have to chew a lot of catmint and roll in it before I feel like myself again.

Daisy |Miranda Eliot Swan
They made me catmint tea, and rubbed it on their hands so I could smell of it, and never left me alone.

Daisy |Miranda Eliot Swan

Jack announced one day that she had been disturbed by the musicales, and the catmint period was drawing to an end.

Daisy |Miranda Eliot Swan

British Dictionary definitions for catmint

catmint

/ (ˈkætˌmɪnt) /

noun

a Eurasian plant, Nepeta cataria, having spikes of purple-spotted white flowers and scented leaves of which cats are fond: family Lamiaeae (labiates) Also called: catnip

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catmint

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