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Fleabane

noun

Hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas. Synonyms: 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. Synonyms: Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, horseweed.

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