Fleabane

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fleabane
       n 1: hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers
            reputed to destroy or drive away fleas [syn: {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}, {Conyza
          canadensis}, {Erigeron canadensis}]