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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.
Nutcase often liked to bask in the bare patches here, usually beside the catmint.
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"The word, as Comrade Maude was just about to observe," said Smith, "is a corruption of catmint.
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Catmint, the waist-high, downy-leafed perennial with the whorls of white, pink, and purple flowers, was a mild sedative that could relieve tension and cramps.
Usage of catnip in English
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A catnip comforter is another idea: numerous cats are used as blanket.
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She reveled in his helplessness, rolled in it like Verdi in catnip.
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Call it campy if you want; to me, it was straight catnip.
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Access to technical power acted like catnip on certain of these youngsters.
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I was joking but honestly, I had little idea what catnip was.
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Her assemblages of apparently humdrum objects are catnip to galleries and collectors.
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You might just as well expect a cat to keep off catnip.
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This thing is less of a watch and more like geek catnip.
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What was it about her that acted like catnip on these people?
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It quickly grumbles to life and purrs like a lion on catnip.
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During my teenage years, the smell of fast food was like catnip.
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Motherwort, catnip, plantain, tansy, wild mustard,-whata homely human look they have!
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She hoped he wouldn't remember the catnip and ask about it.
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The Versace-logoed T-shirts and marble dyed tights were social media catnip.
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This is like catnip for humans, said one on social media.
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Febrifuges such as coneflower, goldenseal, catnip, and hyssop had been tried, without effect.