Catmint

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Catnip \Cat"nip`\, Catmint \Cat"mint`\, n. (Bot.)
     A well-know plant of the genus {Nepeta} ({Nepeta Cataria}),
     somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used
     in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar
     fondness for it.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  catmint
       n : 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
           [syn: {catnip}, {Nepeta cataria}]