nepeta

nĕpĕta, ae, f.,

a plant, Italian catnip (Nepeta Italica, Willd.), Cels. 2, 21; Plin. 14, 16, 19, § 105.

Nepeta
·noun A genus of labiate plants, including the catnip and ground ivy. ...

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Nepeta
Nĕpĕta, ae, f., or Nĕpĕte, is, n., I a city in Etruria , now Nepi , Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52; Liv. 6...

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