catmint

[ kat-mint ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Chiefly British.

catmint

/ ˈkætˌmɪnt /

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

Origin of catmint¹

1225–75; Middle English cattesminte equivalent to cattes, genitive of cat ( def ) + minte mint ¹

I shall have to chew a lot of catmint and roll in it before I feel like myself again.

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

I had licked the kidney, tasted the fish, chewed a little catmint and was quite hilarious over it, as it always went to my head.

It was many days before I visited that catmint bed again, for it rained very hard.

After this I had to bear jeers and scoffs; but I would not give up my principles nor yet my catmint bed.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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