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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
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)
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