Meanings
nounnepitella (uncountable)
- uncountableA herb, Clinopodium nepeta, lesser calamint.
And though he has not started shaving white truffles over his food as yet because the season is just beginning, Mr. Trabocchi is indulging in more than a few high-end ingredients, including sea urchin, Kobe beef and nepitella, a wild Italian mintlike herb that he uses in savories and a dessert.
2007 September 26, Florence Fabricant, “A Chef to Watch Finds a New York Niche”, in New York Times
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Origin
- Italiannepitella
- Englishnepitella
Borrowed from Italian nepitella.
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APA
nepitella. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nepitella
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