fleabane

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fleabane Definition

• (n) hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas
• (n) any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
• (n) common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron

fleabane Synonyms

• Canadian fleabane
• Conyza canadensis
• Erigeron canadensis
• feabane mullet
• fleabane
• horseweed
• Pulicaria dysenterica