HyperDic: fleabane

English > 3 senses of the word *fleabane*:
NOUN	plant	fleabane, feabane mullet, Pulicaria dysenterica	hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas
	plant	fleabane	any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers
	plant	fleabane, horseweed, Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis	common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers

English > *fleabane*: 3 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaning	hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas.
Synonyms	feabane mullet, Pulicaria dysenterica
Member of	Pulicaria, genus Pulicaria	genus of temperate Old World herbs
Broader	herb, herbaceous plant	A plant lacking a permanent woody stem

English > *fleabane*: 3 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaning	Any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas.
Member of	Erigeron, genus Erigeron	cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters
Narrower	Philadelphia fleabane, Erigeron philadelphicus	especially pretty plant having a delicate fringe of threadlike rays around flower heads having very slender white or pink rays
	blue fleabane, Erigeron acer	widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers
	daisy fleabane, Erigeron annuus	Widely naturalized white-flowered North American herb
	orange daisy, orange fleabane, Erigeron aurantiacus	mat-forming herb of Turkestan with nearly double orange-yellow flowers
	robin's plantain, Erigeron pulchellus	Common perennial of eastern North America having flowers with usually violet-purple rays
	seaside daisy, beach aster, Erigeron glaucous	slightly succulent perennial with basal leaves and hairy sticky stems each bearing a solitary flower head with narrow pink or lavender rays
	showy daisy, Erigeron speciosus	plant having branching leafy stems each branch with an especially showy solitary flower head with many narrow pink or lavender or white rays
	spreading fleabane, Erigeron divergens	well-branched plant with hairy leaves and stems each with a solitary flower head with narrow white or pink or lavender rays
Broader	wildflower, wild flower	wild or uncultivated flowering plant

English > *fleabane*: 3 senses > noun 3, plant
Meaning	Common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron.
Synonyms	horseweed, Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis
Member of	Conyza, genus Conyza	Common American weed or wildflower
Broader	weed	Any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
Spanish	Erigeron canadensis

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