Fleabane
//ˈfliːbeɪn// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:; mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae
"On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A."
- 2 common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron wordnet
- 3 Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:; mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae; in tribe Astereae; Conyza spp. (butterweeds or horseweed)
- 4 any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas wordnet
- 5 Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:; mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae; in tribe Astereae; Erigeron spp., especially Erigeron acre (blue fleabane)
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- 6 hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas wordnet
- 7 Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:; mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae; in tribe Inuleae; Inula spp. (yellowheads)
- 8 Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:; mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae; in tribe Inuleae; Pluchea spp. (camphorweeds)
- 9 Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:; mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae; in tribe Inuleae; Pulicaria spp. (false fleabane), especially common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica subsp. dysenterica, formerly Inula dysenterica)
- 10 Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:; Also, in subfamily Cichorioideae, Vernonia spp. (ironweeds).
Example
More examples"On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A."
Etymology
From flea + bane.
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