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fleabane |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fleabane \Flea"bane`\, n. (Bot.) 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fleabane n 1: hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas [syn: {feabane mullet}, {Pulicaria dysenterica}] 2: any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas 3: common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron [syn: {horseweed}, {Canadian fleabane}, {Conyza canadensis}, {Erigeron canadensis}]
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