English Explanatory Dictionary

fleawort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various not closely related plants that are supposed to kill or ward off fleas.
  2. lady's bedstraw (Galium verum).
  3. A herb, Plantago psyllium, whose seeds are supposed to resemble fleas.

Word forms

fleawort fleaworts

Etymology

From flea + wort.

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