fleawort

fleawort

(ˈfliːˌwɜːt) n1. (Plants) any of various plants of the genus Senecio, esp S. integrifolius, a European species with yellow daisy-like flowers and rosettes of downy leaves: family Asteraceae (composites)2. (Plants) a Eurasian plantain, Plantago psyllium (or P. indica), whose seeds resemble fleas and were formerly used as a flea repellent3. (Plants) another name for ploughman's spikenard

flea•wort

(ˈfliˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt)

n. a European plantain, Plantago psyllium, having seeds that are used in medicine. [before 1000]

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fleawort - plantain of Mediterranean regions whose seeds swell and become gelatinous when moist and are used as a mild laxativePlantago psyllium, psyllium, Spanish psylliumplantain - any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally