fleabane
[ flee-beyn ]
/ ˈfliˌbeɪn /
noun
any of various composite plants, as Pulicaria dysenterica, of Europe, or Erigeron philadelphicus, of the U.S., reputed to destroy or drive away fleas.
Words nearby fleabane
flea in one's ear, a,
flea market,
flea-bitten,
flea-flicker,
fleabag,
fleabane,
fleabite,
fleam,
fleapit,
fleawort,
flecainide acetate
Example sentences from the Web for fleabane
Our fleabane is a troublesome weed at times, but good husbandry has little to dread from it.
A Year in the Fields |John Burroughs
British Dictionary definitions for fleabane
fleabane
/ (ˈfliːˌbeɪn) /
noun
any of several plants of the genus Erigeron, such as E. acer, having purplish tubular flower heads with orange centres: family Asteraceae (composites)
any of several plants of the related genus Pulicaria, esp the Eurasian P. dysenterica, which has yellow daisy-like flower heads
Canadian fleabane
a related plant, Conyza (or Erigeron) canadensis, with small white tubular flower heads
US name: horseweed
any of various other plants reputed to ward off fleas