catnip

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

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