Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun catnip

1 sense of catnip

Sense 1
catmint, catnip, Nepeta cataria -- (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)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)