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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.

Definition of Catmint

1. catnip [n -S] - See also: catnip

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Catmint

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Literary usage of Catmint

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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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