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English noun: fleabane

1. fleabane (plant) hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas


Synonymsfeabane mullet, Pulicaria dysenterica


Broader (hypernym)herb, herbaceous plant


Member meronymgenus Pulicaria, Pulicaria

2. fleabane (plant) any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas


Broader (hypernym)wild flower, wildflower


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


Member meronymErigeron, genus Erigeron

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


SynonymsCanadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, horseweed


Broader (hypernym)weed


Member meronymConyza, genus Conyza









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