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cat⋅mint

  [kat-mint]
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–noun Chiefly British.
catnip.
Origin:
1225–75; ME cattesminte equiv. to cattes, gen. of cat1 + minte mint 1
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cat⋅nip

  [kat-nip]
–noun
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
Also, especially British, catmint.

Origin:
1705–15, Americanism; cat1 + nip, var. of ME nep catnip, apocopated var. of OE nepte < ML nepta, var. of L nepeta
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cat·mint   (kāt'mĭnt')   
n.  

  1. Any of various aromatic, ornamental, annual or perennial plants of the genus Nepeta, having opposite leaves and variously colored flowers with two-lipped corollas.

  2. Chiefly British Catnip.

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Word Origin & History

catnip 
1712, Amer.Eng., from cat + nip, from O.E. nepte, from L. nepta, an aromatic herb. The older name is M.E. catmint (c.1265).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cat·mint
Pronunciation: 'kat-"mint
Function: noun
: CATNIP 1

Main Entry: cat·nip
Pronunciation: -"nip
Variant: also cat·nep /-"nep, -n&p/
Function: noun
1 : astrong-scented mint (Nepeta cataria) that has whorls of small pale flowers in terminal spikes and contains a substance attractive to cats called also cataria, catmint
2 : CATARIA 2
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