nepeta

noun

nep·​e·​ta ˈne-pə-tə 

: catmint

Examples of nepeta in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Floating around London’s Chelsea Flower Show as dusk is about to fall, the air is thick, the herbal scents of salvia and geranium offset by the minty nepeta and the flouncing citrus sucker punch of verbana. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 June 2025

One of her favorites to tuck around natives is nonnative perennial calamint Calamintha nepeta. — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2022

Shorter plants may be Lady’s Mantle, borage (with their startling blue flowers), nepeta (cat’s mint, not as enticing as catnip), woolly lamb’s ear or even moss roses. — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 21 Mar. 2018

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, an aromatic herb

First Known Use

1633, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nepeta

• beretta
• pieta
• vendetta
• betta
• keta
• setae
• henrietta
• operetta
• typothetae
• periplaneta