fleabane
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
/ˈfliːbeɪn/
(UK)
Definition of fleabane
7 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:
“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.”
““I will bewitch them with flea-bane, blister them with hog-weed,” he said, vainly looking for a suitable spell.”
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noun
-
Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:
“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.”
““I will bewitch them with flea-bane, blister them with hog-weed,” he said, vainly looking for a suitable spell.”
- Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:
- Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:
- Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:
- Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:
- Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:
- Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:
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Etymology
From flea + bane.
Words you can make from fleabane
83 playable · top: BEFLEA (11 pts)
Best play beflea 11 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
7 words4-letter words
31 words- BEEF 9 pts
- FEEB 9 pts
- FLAB 9 pts
- ALEF 7 pts
- ALFA 7 pts
- FANE 7 pts
- FEAL 7 pts
- FEEL 7 pts
- FLAN 7 pts
- FLEA 7 pts
- FLEE 7 pts
- LEAF 7 pts
- ABLE 6 pts
- ALBA 6 pts
- BAAL 6 pts
- BALE 6 pts
- BANE 6 pts
- BEAL 6 pts
- BEAN 6 pts
- BEEN 6 pts
- BENE 6 pts
- BLAE 6 pts
- NABE 6 pts
- ALAE 4 pts
- ALAN 4 pts
- ALEE 4 pts
- ANAL 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- LANE 4 pts
- LEAN 4 pts
- NALA 4 pts
3-letter words
27 words2-letter words
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