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Synonyms
Etymology
1. fleabane
noun. any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas.
Synonyms
- Erigeron philadelphicus
- Erigeron aurantiacus
- daisy fleabane
- beach aster
- Erigeron speciosus
- wildflower
- Erigeron acer
- robin's plantain
- Philadelphia fleabane
- Erigeron divergens
- blue fleabane
- Erigeron
- showy daisy
- Erigeron glaucous
- genus Erigeron
- wild flower
- Erigeron annuus
- orange fleabane
- Erigeron pulchellus
- seaside daisy
- spreading fleabane
Etymology
- bane (English)
- flea (English)
2. fleabane
noun. common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron.
Etymology
- bane (English)
- flea (English)
