fleabane, n.
(fleabanes)
(fleabanes)
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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Canadian fleabane Conyza canadensis Erigeron canadensis fleabane horseweed
any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
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fleabane
semantic pointers
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blue fleabane, Erigeron acer
daisy fleabane, Erigeron annuus
orange daisy, orange fleabane, Erigeron aurantiacus
spreading fleabane, Erigeron divergens
seaside daisy, beach aster, Erigeron glaucous
Philadelphia fleabane, Erigeron philadelphicus
robin's plantain, Erigeron pulchellus
showy daisy, Erigeron speciosus
hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas
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Pulicaria dysenterica feabane mullet fleabane