Definition of Fleabane

1. Noun. Hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas.

Exact synonyms: Feabane Mullet, Pulicaria Dysenterica
Group relationships: Genus Pulicaria, Pulicaria
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant

2. Noun. Any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas.

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.
Exact synonyms: Canadian Fleabane, Conyza Canadensis, Erigeron Canadensis, Horseweed
Group relationships: Conyza, Genus Conyza
Generic synonyms: Weed

Definition of Fleabane

1. 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.

Definition of Fleabane

1. a flowering plant [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fleabane

1. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleabane

flayer
flayers
flaying
flays
fla 63
flea
flea
flea-beetle
flea-bitten
flea-bitten kidney
flea-borne typhus
flea-louse
fleabag
fleabags
fleabane (current term)
fleabane (current term)
fleabanes
fleabite
fleabites
fleahopper
fleahoppers
fleam
fleam
fleams
fleapit
fleapits
fleas
fleas
fleasome
fleawort

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