Definition of: fleabane

(flē′bān′) noun
One of various plants of the composite family, especially Erigeron philadelphicus of the U.S., supposed to repel fleas.

flea·bite (flē′bīt′) noun
1. The bite of a flea.
2. Any trifling wound or discomfort.
3. A minute quantity.

flea-bit·ten (flē′bit′n) adjective
1. Bitten by a flea.
2. White, flecked with bay or sorrel spots: said of the color of a horse.

fleam (flēm) noun
1. A surgeon's lancet.
2. The angle made by the cutting edge of a saw tooth with the plane of the blade. [<OF flieme, ult. <LL flebotomum <Gk. phlebotomon. See PHLEBOTOMY.]

flea market
A market, often outdoors, for the sale of a wide assortment of old or second-hand articles, antiques, etc.

flea·wort (flē′wûrt′) noun
1. A European plant (genus Inula) of the composite family: a reputed repellent of fleas.
2. A plant (Plantago psyllium) of the plantain family, whose seeds are used medicinally.

flèche (flesh) noun Archit.
Any spire; more particularly, one over the intersection of the nave and transepts. [<F, lit., arrow]

fleck (flek) noun
A dot or speck; a spot; dapple.
—v.t. To mark with spots or flecks. [Cf. ON flekkr spot]
—fleck′less adjective
—fleck′y adjective

Fleck·er (flek′ər), Herman James Elroy,
1884–1915, English poet.

flec·tion (flek′shən) noun
1. The act of bending or turning.
2. A curved or bent part.
3. A turning as of the eye; glance; cast.
4. Anat. Flexion.
5. Gram. Inflection. Also, for defs. 1–3, Brit. flexion. [<L flexio, -onis <flectere bend]