Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fleabane

3 senses of fleabane

Sense 1
fleabane, feabane mullet, Pulicaria dysenterica -- (hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 2
fleabane -- (any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas)
       => wildflower, wild flower -- (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Sense 3
horseweed, Canadian fleabane, fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis -- (common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron)
       => weed -- (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)