Definition of Genus Nepeta

1. Noun. Catmint.

Exact synonyms: Nepeta
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Labiatae, Family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Mint Family
Member holonyms: Catmint, Catnip, Nepeta Cataria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Nepeta

genus Naucrates
genus Nautilus
genus Necturus
genus Negaprion
genus Nelumbo
genus Nemophila
genus Neoceratodus
genus Neofiber
genus Neohygrophorus
genus Neolentinus
genus Neomys
genus Neophron
genus Neotoma
genus Nepa
genus Nepenthes
genus Nepeta (current term)
genus Nephelium
genus Nephrolepis
genus Nephrops
genus Nephthytis
genus Nerita
genus Neritina
genus Nerium
genus Nerodia
genus Nesokia
genus Nestor
genus Neurospora
genus Neurotrichus
genus Nicandra
genus Nicotiana

Literary usage of Genus Nepeta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Vines of Northeastern America: Fully Illustrated from Original Sketches by Charles Stedman Newhall (1897)
"(Trum- Fam.) pet-Creeper). Family 21. LABIATE (Mint Fam.) genus Nepeta L. (Gill-over- the-Ground). Family 22. ..."

2. Lessons in Elementary Botany for Secondary Schools by Thomas Huston Macbride (1896)
"The Ground Ivy belongs to the genus Nepeta, .and its name is Nepeta glechoma Bentham. Of the remaining species listed, the Skullcaps belong to the genus ..."

3. Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society by Wisconsin State Horticultural Society (1890)
"... this is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus (Nepeta cataria), which is very common in the fields and is supposed to have been introduced from ..."

4. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1801)
"... scolloped middle segment of the lower lip of the blossom, cannot fail to direct the learner to the genus NEPETA, to which it really seems to belong. ..."

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