fleabane

fleabane has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria.
• n.. common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron
• n.. any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
• n.. hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas