FLEABANE Antonyms

• any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs

• any coarse weed of the genus Xanthium having spiny burrs

• burdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use

• grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns

• any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls

• any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica

• pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds

• leaves eaten as cooked greens

• any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

• sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• 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

• a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics

• starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics

• widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers; sometimes an obnoxious weed and toxic to cattle if consumed in quantity

• any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma

• any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves