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CATNIP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
catmint; catnip; Nepeta cataria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("catnip" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("catnip" is a member of...):
genus Nepeta; Nepeta (catmint)