fleabanes

Meanings

Noun

• hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas
• any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
• common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron
• plural of fleabane

Synonyms

Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, feabane mullet, fleabane, horseweed, Pulicaria dysenterica