fleawort

English

Etymology

flea +‎ wort

Noun

fleawort (countable and uncountable, plural fleaworts)

1. Any of various not closely related plants that are supposed to kill or ward off fleas.
   1. lady's bedstraw (Galium verum).
2. A herb, Plantago psyllium, whose seeds are supposed to resemble fleas.

Translations

a Plantago plant of laxative seeds — see psyllium

Anagrams

• flowrate