Associations to the word «Fleabane»

Wiktionary

FLEABANE, noun. Any of various species of flowering plants, mostly in two subfamilies in Asteroideae, that typically repel insects:
FLEABANE, noun. Astereae
FLEABANE, noun. Conyza (butterweeds or horseweed)
FLEABANE, noun. Erigeron, especially Erigeron acre
FLEABANE, noun. Inuleae
FLEABANE, noun. Inula (yellowheads), especially Inula dysenterica
FLEABANE, noun. Pluchea (camphorweeds)
FLEABANE, noun. Pulicaria
FLEABANE, noun. In Cichorioideae, Vernonia.

Dictionary definition

FLEABANE, noun. Hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas.
FLEABANE, noun. Any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas.
FLEABANE, noun. Common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron.

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