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    CATMINT

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     I. (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 catsplay

    Synonyms:

    catmint; catnip; Nepeta cataria

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("catmint" 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 ("catmint" is a member of...):

    genus Nepeta; Nepeta (catmint)

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