Fleabane Definition

flēbān
noun

Erigeron.

Webster's New World
Any of various plants in the composite family, chiefly of the genus Erigeron, having variously colored, many-rayed flower heads, and formerly believed to repel fleas.
American Heritage

In Cichorioideae, Vernonia.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Pulicaria dysenterica
  • feabane mullet
  • Erigeron canadensis
  • Conyza canadensis
  • Canadian fleabane
  • horseweed

Other Word Forms of Fleabane

Noun

Singular:
fleabane
Plural:
fleabanes

Origin of Fleabane

Fleabane Sentence Examples

  • Canadian fleabane is intermediate between a summer and winter annual.

  • The previous day on a preliminary walk to see where we might go I found blue fleabane and tomato.

  • In the damper parts fleabane and marsh woundwort can be seen.

  • Fleabane (Erigeron) - Michaelmas Daisy-like plants of dwarf growth, somewhat alike in general appearance, and having pink or purple flowers with yellow centres.

  • If you have allergies to ragweed, you may want to avoid products containing plants from the same family such as fleabane.

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Words Starting With

FFLFLE

Words Ending With

ENEANE

Unscrambles

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