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daisy fleabane

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noun

  1. a North American composite plant, Erigeron annuus, having hairy stems and numerous, small, daisylike flowers with narrow white rays.

Etymology

Origin of daisy fleabane

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

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A large plant of purslane produces one million two hundred and fifty thousand seeds; a patch of daisy fleabane, three thousand seeds to each square inch of space covered by a plant.

From Seed Dispersal by Beal, W. J. (William James)

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