Found 2 items, similar to catnip.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: catnip
catnip
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:
catmint,
Nepeta cataria]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Catnip
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]