English noun: fleabane |
1. | fleabane (plant) hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas |
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| Synonyms | feabane mullet, Pulicaria dysenterica |
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| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant |
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| Member meronym | genus Pulicaria, Pulicaria |
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2. | fleabane (plant) any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wild flower, wildflower |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | beach aster, blue fleabane, daisy fleabane, Erigeron acer, Erigeron annuus, Erigeron aurantiacus, Erigeron divergens, Erigeron glaucous, Erigeron philadelphicus, Erigeron pulchellus, Erigeron speciosus, orange daisy, orange fleabane, Philadelphia fleabane, robin's plantain, seaside daisy, showy daisy, spreading fleabane |
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| Member meronym | Erigeron, genus Erigeron |
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3. | fleabane (plant) common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron |
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| Synonyms | Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, horseweed |
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| Broader (hypernym) | weed |
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| Member meronym | Conyza, genus Conyza |
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