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Nepeta
(gcide) | Nepeta \Nep"e*ta\, n. [L.] (Bot.)
A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground
ivy.
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nepeta
(wn) | Nepeta
n 1: catmint [syn: Nepeta, genus Nepeta] |
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Calamintha Nepeta
(gcide) | Basil \Bas"il\, n. [F. basilic, fr. L. basilicus royal, Gr.
basiliko`s fr. basiley`s king.] (Bot.)
The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family,
but chiefly to the common or sweet basil ({Ocymum
basilicum}), and the bush basil, or lesser basil ({Ocymum
minimum}), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name
is also given to several kinds of mountain mint
(Pycnanthemum).
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Basil thyme, a name given to the fragrant herbs {Calamintha
Acinos} and Calamintha Nepeta.
Wild basil, a plant (Calamintha clinopodium) of the Mint
family.
[1913 Webster]Calamint \Cal"a*mint\ (-m[i^]nt), n. [OE. calamint, calemente
(cf. F. calament) fr. L. calamintha, Gr. kalami`nqh,
kala`minqos. See 1st Mint.] (Bot.)
A genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint
family, esp. the Calamintha Nepeta and Calamintha Acinos,
which are called also basil thyme.
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Nepeta Cataria
(gcide) | Catnip \Cat"nip`\, Catmint \Cat"mint`\, n. (Bot.)
A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (Nepeta Cataria),
somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used
in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar
fondness for it.
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Nepeta Glechoma
(gcide) | Gill \Gill\, n. [Abbrev. from Gillian.]
1. A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.
"Each Jack with his Gill." --B. Jonson.
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2. (Bot.) The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also
gill over the ground, and other like names.
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3. Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
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Gill ale.
(a) Ale flavored with ground ivy.
(b) (Bot.) Alehoof.
[1913 Webster]Ivy \I"vy\, n.; pl. Ivies. [AS. [imac]fig; akin to OHG. ebawi,
ebah, G. epheu.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Hedera (Hedera helix), common in
Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and
mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the
berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees
by rootlike fibers.
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The clasping ivy where to climb. --Milton.
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Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere. --Milton.
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American ivy. (Bot.) See Virginia creeper.
English ivy (Bot.), a popular name in America for the ivy
proper (Hedera helix).
German ivy (Bot.), a creeping plant, with smooth, succulent
stems, and fleshy, light-green leaves; a species of
Senecio (Senecio scandens).
Ground ivy. (Bot.) Gill (Nepeta Glechoma).
Ivy bush. (Bot.) See Mountain laurel, under Mountain.
Ivy owl (Zool.), the barn owl.
Ivy tod (Bot.), the ivy plant. --Tennyson.
Japanese ivy (Bot.), a climbing plant ({Ampelopsis
tricuspidata}), closely related to the Virginia creeper.
Poison ivy (Bot.), an American woody creeper ({Rhus
Toxicodendron}), with trifoliate leaves, and
greenish-white berries. It is exceedingly poisonous to the
touch for most persons.
To pipe in an ivy leaf, to console one's self as best one
can. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
West Indian ivy, a climbing plant of the genus
Marcgravia.
[1913 Webster]Alehoof \Ale"hoof`\ ([=a]l"h[=oo]f`), n. [AS. h[=o]fe ground
ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe
hedgehove, ground ivy, "in old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue, haihoue,
halehoue." --Prior.]
Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).
[1913 Webster]Cat's-foot \Cat's`-foot\, n. (Bot.)
A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip;
ground ivy.
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calamintha nepeta
(wn) | Calamintha nepeta
n 1: low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern
Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States [syn:
lesser calamint, field balm, Calamintha nepeta,
Calamintha nepeta glantulosa, Satureja nepeta,
Satureja calamintha glandulosa] |
calamintha nepeta glantulosa
(wn) | Calamintha nepeta glantulosa
n 1: low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern
Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States [syn:
lesser calamint, field balm, Calamintha nepeta,
Calamintha nepeta glantulosa, Satureja nepeta,
Satureja calamintha glandulosa] |
genus nepeta
(wn) | genus Nepeta
n 1: catmint [syn: Nepeta, genus Nepeta] |
leonotis nepetaefolia
(wn) | Leonotis nepetaefolia
n 1: pantropical herb having whorls of striking lipped flowers;
naturalized in United States [syn: lion's-ear, {Leonotis
nepetaefolia}, Leonotis nepetifolia] |
nepeta
(wn) | Nepeta
n 1: catmint [syn: Nepeta, genus Nepeta] |
nepeta cataria
(wn) | Nepeta cataria
n 1: 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
[syn: catmint, catnip, Nepeta cataria] |
nepeta hederaceae
(wn) | Nepeta hederaceae
n 1: trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having
rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in
hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes
placed in genus Nepeta [syn: ground ivy, alehoof,
field balm, gill-over-the-ground, runaway robin,
Glechoma hederaceae, Nepeta hederaceae] |
satureja nepeta
(wn) | Satureja nepeta
n 1: low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern
Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States [syn:
lesser calamint, field balm, Calamintha nepeta,
Calamintha nepeta glantulosa, Satureja nepeta,
Satureja calamintha glandulosa] |
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