fleabane

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfliːˌbeɪn/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(flē′bān′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
flea•bane  (flē′bān′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of various composite plants, as Pulicaria dysenterica, of Europe, or Erigeron philadelphicus, of the U.S., reputed to destroy or drive away fleas.
  • flea + bane 1540–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
fleabane / ˈfliːˌbeɪn/
  1. any of several plants of the related genus Pulicaria, esp the Eurasian P. dysenterica, which has yellow daisy-like flower heads
  2. Canadian fleabane ⇒ a related plant, Conyza (or Erigeron) canadensis, with small white tubular flower heads
    US name: horseweed
  3. any of various other plants reputed to ward off fleas
'fleabane' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
daisy fleabane - horseweed

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