fleabane
/ˈfliːbeɪn/
fleabane noun: mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae.
Noun
fleabane (plural fleabanes)
- 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
- Conyza spp. (butterweeds or horseweed)
- Erigeron spp., especially Erigeron acre (blue fleabane)
- Inula spp. (yellowheads)
- Pluchea spp. (camphorweeds)
- Pulicaria spp. (false fleabane), especially common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica subsp. dysenterica, formerly Inula dysenterica)
- Also, in subfamily Cichorioideae, Vernonia spp. (ironweeds).
Forms of fleabane
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Origin of fleabane
From flea + bane.
Words formed from fleabane
Questions about fleabane
- What does fleabane mean?
- Fleabane means mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae.
- What part of speech is fleabane?
- Fleabane is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fleabane?
- Fleabane is pronounced /ˈfliːbeɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fleabane?
- The plural of fleabane is fleabanes.
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