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"Catnip" Definition

noun

A hairy aromatic perennial herb (Nepeta cataria) in the mint family, native to Eurasia and containing an aromatic oil to which cats are strongly attracted.
Any of various other mostly aromatic plants of the genus Nepeta, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and clusters of blue, lavender, or white flowers.
A strong-scented perennial mint () that has whorls of small pale flowers in terminal spikes and contains a substance attractive to cats.
Something very attractive.