Definitions of fleabane:

  • noun:   any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
  • noun:   hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas
  • noun:   common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron