fleabane

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas
noun any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
noun common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron

From flea + bane.

Only a few flowers of autumn were visible, such as the fleabane and red gillyflower, autumn colchicums in the ravine, and under the beeches bracken and tufts of northern heather. — Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen, Alexander Chodzko

feabane mullet, Pulicaria dysenterica

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