fleabane
English
/ˈfliːbeɪn/
noun
Definitions
- Any of various species of flowering plants, mostly in two subfamilies in Asteroideae, that typically repel insects:
- In Cichorioideae, Vernonia (ironweeds).
Etymology
Compound from English flea (noun) + English bane.
Origin
English
bane
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiflea English
- bane English
- baneberry English
- baneful English
- banewort English
- beflea English
- bugbane English
- cowbane English
- deflea English
- dogbane English
- flea English
- fleabag English
- fleabite English
- fleabitten English
- fleaborne English
- fleabrain English
- flealike English
- fleasome English
- fleawort English
- flybane English
- henbane English
- leopardsbane English
- oxbane English
- ratsbane English
- sandflea English
- sowbane English
- wolfsbane English
- bane Middle English
- fle Middle English