See Also: Nepeta(medicine)
nepeta(dictionary)
zest(medicine)
zest(1)(dictionary)
zest(2)(dictionary)
zest(dictionary)
Zest(tourism)
Zest(recipes)
Pick, Juice and Zest a Lemon(recipes)

zest(2) (iou) and nepeta (iou)


zest(2) (iou)



zest verb trans. E18.
[from the noun.]
Flavour with zest; fig. give a piquant quality to.
M. Manley Heaven is sometimes pleased with Bitterness to Zest the Bowl of Bliss!
zester noun a device for shredding off the peel of an orange, lemon, etc. M20.

nepeta (iou)



nepeta noun. E20.
[mod. Latin (see below) from Latin = calamint (formerly in this genus).]
Any of various labiate plants of the genus Nepeta; esp. N. faasenii and N. mussinii, with blue or violet-blue flowers, grown to edge flower-beds.