Fleabane : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Fleabane	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Fleabane
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fleabane n hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas Synonym(s): fleabane, feabane mullet, Pulicaria dysenterica 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 Synonym(s): horseweed, Canadian fleabane, fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.