(n.) A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (N. 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the catmint plant, isolated leaf disks synthesized nepetalactone, utilizing the same precursors.
(2) The stick insect, Anisomorpha buprestoides, and the catmint, Nepeta cataria, produce closely related cyclopentanoid terpenes, anisomorphal and nepetalactone.
Catnip
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Catmint
Example Sentences:
(1) The onesie-wearing 21-year-old is the darling of the glossies and tabloid catnip, a social media princess and a talented musician, best mates with Rihanna, parties with Prince Harry and about to break into Hollywood.
(2) I suspect that messrs Fry and Connolly – who grew up watching this man segue from gar- landed stage-thesp to tireless campaigner (Stonewall, women's and children's rights) to Hollywood catnip to that dreadful position for anyone with a fine remaining sense of mischief: being on the cusp of national-treasure status – were equally conscious of the company they were in.
(3) Relationships between the younger, single members of staff were purest catnip to us; we were always turning love triangles into love trapeziums.
(4) Fractionation of the commercial sample of catnip oil by either distillation or gc yielded 40% nepetalactone and 43% nepetalic acid.
(5) All of this makes it catnip to users – and to the media, which dutifully reports every twist and turn on the site.
(6) However, removal of the vomeronasal organ did not attenuate any of the behavioral reactions to catnip.
(7) But Europe is the catnip that makes Tory eyes cross, and the next two years are going to be wall-to-wall Europe.
(8) The rolling and rubbing during a catnip reaction might be a sexual response activated by the accessory olfactory system since the system projects to parts of the brain involved in mediation of sexual behavior.
(9) Olfactory bulbectomy immediately eliminated catnip responding, revealing that the chemosensory stimulus evoking the catnip reaction is undoubtedly mediated through the main olfactory system.
(10) Catnip oil, nepetalic acid, and a nepetalactone-enriched fraction were evaluated for toxicological and behavioral effects in mice and rats.
(11) Lincoln is measured, respectful and quietly reassuring; unadulterated awards catnip.
(12) Nor will you find him out and about at gigs or parties or openings or any of the usual stuff that's rockbiz catnip.
(13) The area was obviously catnip to people who wanted something more from life than can be bought in Walmart.
(14) But the other thought is that the campaign is proving to be catnip to Gove’s personal ambitions.
(15) In the chewing and mouthing of the catnip source, substances might be dissolved in saliva and transported to the vomeronasal organ.
(16) The alcohol extract of catnip has a biphasic effect on the behavior of young chicks.
(17) And if they do, they’d like her as mangled up as possible.” Clinton said other candidates were able to avoid scrutiny by continuously talking about things that are “catnip to the people who get bored talking about” candidates’ positions on serious issues.
(18) 1.8m page views, 1,139 comments 5) Russell Brand on Margaret Thatcher: 'I always felt sorry for her children' Tuesday 9 April 2013 The comedian's periodic columns for the Guardian this year rarely failed to cause a stir, but this one , about Thatcher's death, proved particular catnip.
(19) cis,trans-Nepetalactone, the biologically active component of catnip, was force-fed to the domestic cat.
(20) Rats were injected with saline and then exposed for 20 min to the presence of a domestic cat pretreated with catnip.