fleabane

/ˈfliˌbeɪn/
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Definitions of fleabane
  1. noun
    hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas
    synonyms: Pulicaria dysenterica, feabane mullet
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    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. noun
    any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
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    Erigeron acer, blue fleabane
    widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers
    Erigeron annuus, daisy fleabane
    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
    Erigeron glaucous, beach aster, 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
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    wild flower, wildflower
    wild or uncultivated flowering plant
  3. 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
    synonyms: Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, horseweed
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    type of:
    weed
    any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
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