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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
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.
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Erigeron, Genus Erigeron
Specialized synonyms: Blue Fleabane, Erigeron Acer, Daisy Fleabane, Erigeron Annuus, Erigeron Aurantiacus, Orange Daisy, Orange Fleabane, Erigeron Divergens, Spreading Fleabane, Beach Aster, Erigeron Glaucous, Seaside Daisy, Erigeron Philadelphicus, Philadelphia Fleabane, Erigeron Pulchellus, Robin's Plantain, Erigeron Speciosus, Showy Daisy
Group relationships: Erigeron, Genus Erigeron
Specialized synonyms: Blue Fleabane, Erigeron Acer, Daisy Fleabane, Erigeron Annuus, Erigeron Aurantiacus, Orange Daisy, Orange Fleabane, Erigeron Divergens, Spreading Fleabane, Beach Aster, Erigeron Glaucous, Seaside Daisy, Erigeron Philadelphicus, Philadelphia Fleabane, Erigeron Pulchellus, Robin's Plantain, Erigeron Speciosus, Showy Daisy
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
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
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