Nepeta
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nepeta is a noun meaning (botany) Any plant of the genus Nepeta of flowering plants, including catnip.
Meaning
(botany) Any plant of the genus Nepeta of flowering plants, including catnip.
Example Sentences
2007 May-June, Old House Interiors, page 103, TOP. Mirror-image borders in Hampshire, with purple nepeta, carmine-red geraniums, and yellow thalictrum.
1997 October 13, New York: Interior Design ′97, page 79, NICE DIGS: Tomato tepees, nepeta, strawberries, and herbs in raised beds billow onto the gravel walk; a neat lattice camouflages a propane tank.
2006 Spring, Early Homes, page 42, The property is now protected by deer fencing, but Nancy spent many years experimenting with plants that are deer resistant, such as lavender, nepeta (catmint), and peonies.
Word Forms
- nepetas
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include catmint, cataria, catnep, catnip, cat-nip, catwort.
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