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FEABANE MULLET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does feabane mullet mean?
• FEABANE MULLET (noun)
The noun FEABANE MULLET has 1 sense:
1. hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas
Familiarity information: FEABANE MULLET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
feabane mullet; fleabane; Pulicaria dysenterica
Hypernyms ("feabane mullet" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("feabane mullet" is a member of...):
genus Pulicaria; Pulicaria (genus of temperate Old World herbs: fleabane)
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