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fleabane
[ flee-beyn ]
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.
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 fleabanea related plant, Conyza (or Erigeron ) canadensis , with small white tubular flower heads US namehorseweed
- any of various other plants reputed to ward off fleas
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Our fleabane is a troublesome weed at times, but good husbandry has little to dread from it.
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The illustration Fig. 24 shows how the daisy fleabane looks when first gathered.
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The clover is all graceful curves, the daisy fleabane is stiff and formal with straight lines and angles.
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