NEPETA
\nˈɛpɛtə], \nˈɛpɛtə], \n_ˈɛ_p_ɛ_t_ə]\
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A genus of the LAMIACEAE family. It is known for its mild calming effect and for the way cats are attracted to the aroma.
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The leaves, Cataria, (Ph. U.S.), have a smell and taste like those of an admixture of spearmint and penny-royal. It has been recommended in uterine disorders, dyspepsia, flatulency, &c., like penny-royal; and is much used in domestic medicine, on the American continent, in flatulencies, &c., of children.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).