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catmint|ˈkætmɪnt|
Also cats-mint, 7 catamint.
[f. cat + mint; cf. med.L. herba catti, cataria, F. herbe du chat, G. katzenmünze, Du. kattekruid. See quot. 1776.]
A labiate plant, Nepeta Cataria, a native of Britain and the continent of Europe, naturalized in North America. Also taken as the English name of the genus.
c1265Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 557 Nepta, kattesminte. 1578Lyte Dodoens ii. lxvi. 248 The third kinde [of Calamynte] is now called in English Neppe, and Cat mynte. 1597Gerard Herbal ccxvi. §1. 553 Cat Mint or Nep groweth high. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) III. 206 The cat..is excessively fond of some plants, such as valerian, marum, and cat-mint; against these it rubs, smells them at a distance, and at last ..wears them out. 1834J. Forbes Laennec's Dis. Chest 645 Aromatics are also exceedingly useful, and particularly the infusion of cat-mint. 1882Gr. Allen Colours Flowers ii. 55 Ground-ivy..is bright blue; catmint..pale blue. |