fleabane
/ˈfliːbeɪn/noun
fleabane is a noun meaning “mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-L-E-A-B-A-N-E, and it appears about once in every 56 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fleabane is fleabanes.
What does fleabane mean?
noun
- 1
mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae
- 2
Conyza spp. (butterweeds or horseweed)
- 3
Erigeron spp., especially Erigeron acre (blue fleabane)
- 4
Inula spp. (yellowheads)
- 5
Pluchea spp. (camphorweeds)
- 6
Pulicaria spp. (false fleabane), especially common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica subsp. dysenterica, formerly Inula dysenterica)
- 7
Also, in subfamily Cichorioideae, Vernonia spp. (ironweeds).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fleabane?
- US /ˈfliːbeɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fleabane.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fleabane
- fleabanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fleabane?
Fleabane appears about once in every 56 million words in written English, the 234,209th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fleabane in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vergerette, encensière |
| German | Berufkraut |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fleabane come from?
From flea + bane.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).