fleabane

2 definitions found

fleabane - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fleabane \Flea"bane`\, n. (Bot.)
     One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving
     away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera
     Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria.
     [1913 Webster]

fleabane - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fleabane
      n 1: hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers
           reputed to destroy or drive away fleas [syn: fleabane,
           feabane mullet, Pulicaria dysenterica]
      2: any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron
         having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
      3: common North American weed with linear leaves and small
         discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized
         throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus
         Erigeron [syn: horseweed, Canadian fleabane, fleabane,
         Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis]