catmint
Plural: catmints
Noun
- An aromatic herb, also known as catnip, attractive to cats.
- 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
- Synonym of catnip (the plant Nepeta cataria, or other members of the genus)
Examples
- Playing CATMINT on a double-word score had his opponent purring in frustration.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English catt mynte, kattesminte, equivalent to cat + mint. The word’s appearance in early Middle English (c. 1230) and other Germanic languages (German Katzenminze, Icelandic kattarminta, Swedish kattmynta) means that it is very likely to have existed in Old English (as *cattes minte) as well.
Synonyms
catnip, Nepeta cataria
Scrabble Score: 11
catmint: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcatmint: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
catmint: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 14
catmint: valid Words With Friends Word