fleabane
nounUS, UK /ˈfliːbeɪn/
Etymology From flea + bane.
7 senses
- 1mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae
- 2Conyza spp. (butterweeds or horseweed)
- 3Erigeron spp., especially Erigeron acre (blue fleabane)
- 4Inula spp. (yellowheads)
- 5Pluchea spp. (camphorweeds)
- 6Pulicaria spp. (false fleabane), especially common…
- 7Also, in subfamily Cichorioideae, Vernonia spp. (ironweeds).
› Any of various species of flowering plants…
1
mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae
- On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 120:
- “I will bewitch them with flea-bane, blister them with hog-weed,” he said, vainly looking for a suitable spell.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 119:
› Any of various species of flowering plants… › mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae › in tribe Astereae
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Conyza spp. (butterweeds or horseweed)
3
Erigeron spp., especially Erigeron acre (blue fleabane)
› Any of various species of flowering plants… › mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae › in tribe Inuleae
4
Inula spp. (yellowheads)
5
Pluchea spp. (camphorweeds)
6
Pulicaria spp. (false fleabane), especially common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica subsp. dysenterica, formerly Inula dysenterica)
› Any of various species of flowering plants…
7
Also, in subfamily Cichorioideae, Vernonia spp. (ironweeds).
- Derived terms
- alpine fleabane, daisy fleabane, Philadelphia fleabane, prairie fleabane