PULICARIA DYSENTERICA

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Meaning:

Hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas

Synonyms:

feabane mullet; fleabane; Pulicaria dysenterica

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Pulicaria dysenterica" 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 ("Pulicaria dysenterica" is a member of...):

genus Pulicaria; Pulicaria (genus of temperate Old World herbs: fleabane)

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