fleabane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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)
Erigeron spp., especially Erigeron acre (blue fleabane)
in tribe Inuleae
Inula spp. (yellowheads)
Pluchea spp. (camphorweeds)
Pulicaria spp. (false fleabane), especially common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica subsp. dysenterica, formerly Inula dysenterica)
Also, in subfamily Cichorioideae, Vernonia spp. (ironweeds).

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fleabane fleabanes

From flea + bane.

alpine fleabane daisy fleabane Philadelphia fleabane prairie fleabane

French: vergerette French: encensière Ancient Greek: κόνυζα Ottoman Turkish: پیره اوتی Welsh: amrhydlwyd

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