fleabane

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈfliːbeɪn/ (UK)

Definition of fleabane

7 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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.”
  2. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:
  3. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:
  4. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:
  5. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:
  6. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:
  7. 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.

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