fleabane en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈfliːbeɪn/ (General-American, UK)
Etymology
From flea + bane.
Meanings
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Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: ▸ 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:
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: ▸ Also, in subfamily Cichorioideae, Vernonia spp. (ironweeds).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fleabanes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
prairie fleabane · alpine fleabane · Philadelphia fleabane · daisy fleabane
Translations (12)
fr encensière (Conyza) · ota پیره اوتی (Erigeron (especially E. acre)) · nl fijnstraal (Erigeron (especially E. acre)) · bg злолетница (Erigeron (especially E. acre)) · fr vergerette (Conyza) · cy amrhydlwyd (Conyza) · ota پیره اوتی (Conyza) · ca erígeron (Erigeron (especially E. acre)) · mi porerarua (Erigeron (especially E. acre)) · de Berufkraut (Erigeron (especially E. acre)) · grc κόνυζα (Conyza) · cy amrhydlwyd (Erigeron (especially E. acre))