catnip

Significado (Inglés)

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
2. (countable, uncountable) Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Something that causes excitement or interest.

Conceptos

nébeda

menta de gato

gatera

hierba gatera

gato

😺

albahaca de gatos

menta

menta gatuna

gataria

Sinónimos

catmint

Nepeta cataria

nep

Traducciones

Katzenminze

cataire

erva-de-gato

Nepeta cataria

kattenkruid

nepeta

bella

Nepeta

Schöne

nepeta cataria

Echte Katzenminze

népéta

népète

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkætnɪp/

Etimología (Inglés)

Compound of cat + nep, nip (“catnip”), from Middle English nep, from Old English nepte, from Proto-West Germanic *nepetā, from Latin nepeta (“catnip”). Compare earlier catmint (“catnip”), from Middle English catt mynte, which very likely existed in Old English (as *cattes minte) as well.