1. 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
   "The garden was filled with Nepeta cataria, much to the delight of neighbourhood felines";
   - catmint, catnip

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Nepeta, Nepeta

Encyclopedia: Nepeta cataria