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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian nepitella.
Noun
nepitella (uncountable)
- A herb, Clinopodium nepeta, lesser calamint.
2007 September 26, Florence Fabricant, “A Chef to Watch Finds a New York Niche”, in New York Times:And though he has not started shaving white truffles over his food as yet because the season is just beginning, Mr. Trabocchi is indulging in more than a few high-end ingredients, including sea urchin, Kobe beef and nepitella, a wild Italian mintlike herb that he uses in savories and a dessert.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Latin nepeta + -ella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ne.piˈtɛl.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛlla
- Hyphenation: ne‧pi‧tèl‧la
Noun
nepitella f (plural nepitelle)
- a perennial herb of species Clinopodium nepeta (syn. Calamintha nepeta)
- Synonyms: mentuccia, calaminta
Descendants
Further reading
- nepitella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana