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1. (n.) catnip
a plant, Nepeta cataria, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves containing aromatic oils that are a cat attractant.
Etymology: (1705–15, Amer.; cat+nip, var. of ME nep catnip < OE nepte < ML nepta, var. of L nepeta)
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1. (noun) catmint, catnip, Nepeta cataria
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
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) catnip
alt. of Catmint
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