NEPETA CATARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nepeta cataria mean? 

• NEPETA CATARIA (noun)
  The noun NEPETA CATARIA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: NEPETA CATARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEPETA CATARIA (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

catmint; catnip; Nepeta cataria

Hypernyms ("Nepeta cataria" 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 ("Nepeta cataria" is a member of...):

genus Nepeta; Nepeta (catmint)