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fleabane.

Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:

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noun/ˈfliːbeɪn/General-American, UK

  1. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae

  2. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae in tribe Astereae Conyza spp. (butterweeds or horseweed)

  3. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae in tribe Astereae Erigeron spp., especially Erigeron acre (blue fleabane)

  4. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae in tribe Inuleae Inula spp. (yellowheads)

  5. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae in tribe Inuleae Pluchea spp. (camphorweeds)

  6. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae in tribe Inuleae Pulicaria spp. (false fleabane), especially common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica subsp. dysenterica, formerly Inula dysenterica)

  7. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: Also, in subfamily Cichorioideae, Vernonia spp. (ironweeds).

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From flea + bane.

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