FLEABANE
Scrabble letter values: F4L1E1A1B3A1N1E1 = 13
Definition
- noun hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas. — synonyms: feabane_mullet, Pulicaria_dysenterica
- noun any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers.
- noun common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers. — synonyms: horseweed, Canadian_fleabane, Conyza_canadensis, Erigeron_canadensis
Examples
- “formerly believed to repel fleas”
- “widely naturalized throughout temperate regions”
- “sometimes placed in genus Erigeron”