Search Result for "nepeta cataria":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: catmint, catnip, Nepeta cataria]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Catnip \Cat"nip`\, Catmint \Cat"mint`\, n. (Bot.) A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (Nepeta 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Nepeta cataria n 1: 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 [syn: catmint, catnip, Nepeta cataria]