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Vinony

fleabane

noun

  1. name given to various flowering plants, especially plants of genus Inula and those resembling them
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Pronunciation: /ˈfliːbeɪn/

noun

Etymology: From flea + bane.

  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: