catmint

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/ˈkætmɪnt/

noun

Synonym of catnip (the plant Nepeta cataria, or other members of the genus)

Similar
catnipNepeta cataria
OriginMiddle English catt mynte →
RareScrabble 11
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Meanings

nouncatmint (countable and uncountable, plural catmints)

plural catmints

  1. countableuncountableSynonym of catnip (the plant Nepeta cataria, or other members of the genus)

    Synonyms: catnip

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of catnip (the plant Nepeta cataria, or other members of the genus)

Similar
catnip

More synonyms by meaning

nounhairy 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

Similar
catnipNepeta cataria
Broader
herbherbaceous plant
Also see
catnip

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishcatt mynte
  2. Englishcatmint

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.

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APA

catmint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catmint

MLA

“catmint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catmint. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “catmint,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catmint.

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