Image:Catnip-blossom.jpg|180px|right|thumb|Nepeta cataria flowers
English

Etymology
cat + ME. nep, from OE. nepte, from L. nepeta.

Noun
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en-noun

1. botany Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus w:Nepeta|Nepeta, family w:Lamiaceae|Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
2. Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.

#: Some cats go bonkers over catnip; others ignore it.

1. Welcomely refreshing or rejuvenating.

#: ''Her phone call was catnip to my ears.

Synonyms
catmint

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