fleabane
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1. common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | weed, |
| definition | : | any plant that crowds out cultivated plants (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | conyza, genus conyza, |
| definition | : | common American weed or wildflower (noun.plant) |
2. any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas (noun.plant)
| hyponym | : | erigeron divergens, spreading fleabane, |
| definition | : | well-branched plant with hairy leaves and stems each with a solitary flower head with narrow white or pink or lavender rays; western North America (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | beach aster, erigeron glaucous, seaside daisy, |
| definition | : | slightly succulent perennial with basal leaves and hairy sticky stems each bearing a solitary flower head with narrow pink or lavender rays; coastal bluffs Oregon to southern California (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | erigeron philadelphicus, philadelphia fleabane, |
| definition | : | especially pretty plant having a delicate fringe of threadlike rays around flower heads having very slender white or pink rays; United States and Canada (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | erigeron speciosus, showy daisy, |
| definition | : | plant having branching leafy stems each branch with an especially showy solitary flower head with many narrow pink or lavender or white rays; northwestern United States mountains (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | erigeron, genus erigeron, |
| definition | : | cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally (noun.plant) |
3. hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | herb, herbaceous plant, |
| definition | : | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant) |
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