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fleawort [ˈfliːˌwɜːt]

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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various plants of the genus Senecio, esp S. integrifolius, a European species with yellow daisy-like flowers and rosettes of downy leaves: family Asteraceae (composites)

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Eurasian plantain, Plantago psyllium (or P. indica), whose seeds resemble fleas and were formerly used as a flea repellent

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for ploughman's spikenard

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fleawort - plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxative Plantago psyllium, psyllium, Spanish psyllium plantain - any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally