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fleawort

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From flea + wort.

noun fleaworts

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

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@misc{fleawort_2026,
  title = {fleawort},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fleawort},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}