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Meanings of catnip in English

Portuguese
erva-de-gato
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Hairy 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.

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        Usage of catnip in English
        1
        A catnip comforter is another idea: numerous cats are used as blanket.
        The new yorker
        2
        She reveled in his helplessness, rolled in it like Verdi in catnip.
        O+F
        3
        Call it campy if you want; to me, it was straight catnip.
        Wired
        4
        Access to technical power acted like catnip on certain of these youngsters.
        The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie...
        5
        I was joking but honestly, I had little idea what catnip was.
        Making rounds with oscar: the extraordinary gift of an ordinary ...
        6
        Her assemblages of apparently humdrum objects are catnip to galleries and collectors.
        The Guardian
        7
        You might just as well expect a cat to keep off catnip.
        The Adventures of Sally
        8
        This thing is less of a watch and more like geek catnip.
        Wired
        9
        What was it about her that acted like catnip on these people?
        Dexter’s Final Cut
        10
        It quickly grumbles to life and purrs like a lion on catnip.
        BBC
        11
        During my teenage years, the smell of fast food was like catnip.
        The Guardian
        12
        Motherwort, catnip, plantain, tansy, wild mustard,-whata homely human look they have!
        The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton
        13
        She hoped he wouldn't remember the catnip and ask about it.
        Hush: a novel
        14
        The Versace-logoed T-shirts and marble dyed tights were social media catnip.
        The Guardian
        15
        This is like catnip for humans, said one on social media.
        News.com.au
        16
        Febrifuges such as coneflower, goldenseal, catnip, and hyssop had been tried, without effect.
        Outlander
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        erva-de-gato
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        United States of America
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