Definition of fleabane Fleabane
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NounPlural: fleabanes |
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| 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 | ||
| fleabane - hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas | ||
| feabane mullet, Pulicaria dysenterica | ||
| herbaceous plant, herb aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities | ||
| 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 | ||
| horseweed, Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis | ||
| weed a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning | ||
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Wiktionary 
- fleabane (Noun)
Any of various plants of the genera Inula especially I. dysenterica or Erigeron especially E. acre.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fleabane (n.)
One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria.
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fleabane
A large genus of plants in the daisy family. Its name is derived from the Ancient Greek words ἦρι (êri) "early in the morning" and γέρων (gérōn) "old man."
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🔤- fleabane, noun, singular of fleabanes.
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