fleabane
Pronunciation: /ˈfliːbeɪn/
The English word “fleabane” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae
- Conyza spp. (butterweeds or horseweed)
- Erigeron spp., especially Erigeron acre (blue fleabane)
- Inula spp. (yellowheads)
- Pluchea spp. (camphorweeds)
- Pulicaria spp. (false fleabane), especially common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica subsp. dysenterica, formerly Inula dysenterica)
- Also, in subfamily Cichorioideae, Vernonia spp. (ironweeds).
Etymology
From flea + bane.
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