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Philadelphia fleabane

DEFINITIONS OF: Philadelphia fleabane

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n especially pretty plant having a delicate fringe of threadlike rays around flower heads having very slender white or pink rays; United States and Canada

Synonyms:
Erigeron philadelphicus
Type of:
fleabane
any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
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