Difference between Catnip and Catmint

What is the difference between Catnip and Catmint?

Catnip as a noun is any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus nepeta, family lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities. while Catmint as a noun is the plant nepeta cataria, or other members of the genus; catnip.

Catnip

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities. Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.

Catmint

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The plant Nepeta cataria, or other members of the genus; catnip.

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