fleabane

flea·bane

 (flē′bān′)

n.

Any of various plants in the composite family, chiefly of the genus Erigeron, having variously colored, many-rayed flower heads, and formerly believed to repel fleas.

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fleabane

(ˈfliːˌbeɪn)

n

1. (Plants) any of several plants of the genus Erigeron, such as E. acer, having purplish tubular flower heads with orange centres: family Asteraceae (composites)

2. (Plants) any of several plants of the related genus Pulicaria, esp the Eurasian P. dysenterica, which has yellow daisy-like flower heads

3. (Plants) Canadian fleabane a related plant, Conyza (or Erigeron) canadensis, with small white tubular flower heads. US name: horseweed

4. (Plants) any of various other plants reputed to ward off fleas

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flea•bane

(ˈfliˌbeɪn)

n.

any of various composite plants, as Erigeron philadelphicus, reputed to destroy or drive away fleas.

[1540–50]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fleabane - hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas feabane mullet, Pulicaria dysenterica genus Pulicaria, Pulicaria - genus of temperate Old World herbs: fleabane herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
	2.	fleabane - any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas wild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant Erigeron, genus Erigeron - cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally blue fleabane, Erigeron acer - widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers daisy fleabane, Erigeron annuus - widely naturalized white-flowered North American herb Erigeron aurantiacus, orange daisy, orange fleabane - mat-forming herb of Turkestan with nearly double orange-yellow flowers Erigeron divergens, spreading fleabane - well-branched plant with hairy leaves and stems each with a solitary flower head with narrow white or pink or lavender rays; western North America beach aster, Erigeron glaucous, seaside daisy - slightly succulent perennial with basal leaves and hairy sticky stems each bearing a solitary flower head with narrow pink or lavender rays; coastal bluffs Oregon to southern California Erigeron philadelphicus, Philadelphia fleabane - especially pretty plant having a delicate fringe of threadlike rays around flower heads having very slender white or pink rays; United States and Canada Erigeron pulchellus, robin's plantain - common perennial of eastern North America having flowers with usually violet-purple rays Erigeron speciosus, showy daisy - plant having branching leafy stems each branch with an especially showy solitary flower head with many narrow pink or lavender or white rays; northwestern United States mountains
	3.	fleabane - common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, horseweed Conyza, genus Conyza - common American weed or wildflower weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants

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