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noun
Synonym of catnip (the plant Nepeta cataria, or other members of the genus)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: catnip
Antonyms: none provided
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 source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: catnip, Nepeta cataria
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
History
From Middle English catt mynte, kattesminte, equivalent to cat + mint. The word’s appearance in early Middle English (c. 1230) and other Germanic languages (German Katzenminze, Icelandic kattarminta, Swedish kattmynta) means that it is very likely to have existed in Old English (as *cattes minte) as well.
