catnip or catmint, strong-scented perennial herb (Nepeta cataria) of the family Labiatae (mint mint, in botany, common name for members of the Labiatae, a large family of chiefly annual or perennial herbs. Several species are shrubby or climbing forms or, rarely, small trees.
..... Click the link for more information. family), native to Europe and Asia but naturalized in the United States. A tea of the leaves and flowing tops has long been used as a domestic remedy for various ailments. Catnip is best known for its stimulating effect on cats. Catnip is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta , division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Lamiales, family Labiatae.

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Catnip (Nepeta cataria).

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Aromatic herb (Nepeta cataria) of the mint family. Catnip has spikes of small, purple-dotted flowers. It has been used as a seasoning and as a medicinal tea for colds and fever. Because its mintlike flavour and aroma are particularly exciting to domestic cats, it is often used as a stuffing for cat toys.

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No references found	Beth had old-fashioned fragrant flowers in her garden, sweet peas and mignonette, larkspur, pinks, pansies, and southernwood, with chickweed for the birds and catnip for the pussies. Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context The neighbour ran, and in came a brisk little old lady in cap and specs, with a bundle of herbs under her arm, which she at once applied in all sorts of funny ways, explaining their virtues as she clapped a plantain poultice here, put a pounded catnip plaster there, or tied a couple of mullein leaves round the sufferer's throat. Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context A fisherman, it is true, had noticed her little footprints in the sand, as he went homeward along the beach with a basket of fish; a rustic had seen the child stooping to gather flowers; several persons had heard either the rattling of chariot wheels, or the rumbling of distant thunder; and one old woman, while plucking vervain and catnip, had heard a scream, but supposed it to be some childish nonsense, and therefore did not take the trouble to look up. Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context	Catholicism catholicon Catholicos catholyte CATIA Catiline Catinat, Nicolas cation cation analysis cation exchange cation exchange resin cation-exchange softening cationic cocktail cationic detergent Cationic Dyes cationic hetero atom cationic polymerization cationic reagent cationtrophy catkin Catledge, Turner Catlett, Elizabeth Catlin, George catline catmint catnip Cato Cato Maximilian Guldberg Cato Street Conspiracy Cato the Elder Cato the Younger Cato, Marcus Porcius Catoche, Cape Catoctin Mountain Park Catoctin Mountain Scenic Byway Catonsville Catoosa County catoptric light catoptrite Catostomidae Catron County Catron, John Cats Cats, Jacob catshaft catshead Catskill Catskill Aqueduct Catskill Mountains catslide catslide house	catling Catlinite Catlinite Catlins CATLS CATM CATMA Catmab Catmandu Catmandu CATMAT CATME catmint catmint catmint catmints catmints CATMN CATMOG CATMT CATN catnap catnap catnapped catnapping catnaps Catnep Catnep Catnep CATNHP catnip catnips catnips catnips CATNSF CATNYP Cato Cato Cato CATO (disambiguation) CATO (disambiguation) Cato Guldberg Cato Island Cato Major Cato Manor Development Association Cato Maximilian Guldberg Cato of Utica Cato Street Conspiracy Cato the Censor Cato the Elder Cato the Younger Cato Uticensis Cato, Marcus Porcius Cato, Marcus Porcius Cato-cathartic Cato-Street Conspiracy CATOBAR CATOC Catocala Catocala Catocala nupta

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Beth had old-fashioned fragrant flowers in her garden, sweet peas and mignonette, larkspur, pinks, pansies, and southernwood, with chickweed for the birds and catnip for the pussies.

Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

The neighbour ran, and in came a brisk little old lady in cap and specs, with a bundle of herbs under her arm, which she at once applied in all sorts of funny ways, explaining their virtues as she clapped a plantain poultice here, put a pounded catnip plaster there, or tied a couple of mullein leaves round the sufferer's throat.

Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

A fisherman, it is true, had noticed her little footprints in the sand, as he went homeward along the beach with a basket of fish; a rustic had seen the child stooping to gather flowers; several persons had heard either the rattling of chariot wheels, or the rumbling of distant thunder; and one old woman, while plucking vervain and catnip, had heard a scream, but supposed it to be some childish nonsense, and therefore did not take the trouble to look up.

Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

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