Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fleabane"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fleabane \Flea"bane`\, n. (Bot.)
One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving
away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera
{Conyza}, {Erigeron}, and {Pulicaria}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fleabane
n 1: hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers
reputed to destroy or drive away fleas [syn: {feabane
mullet}, {Pulicaria dysenterica}]
2: any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron
having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
3: common North American weed with linear leaves and small
discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized
throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus
Erigeron [syn: {horseweed}, {Canadian fleabane}, {Conyza
canadensis}, {Erigeron canadensis}]
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