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The Clue
Plant that reputedly repels insects (8 letter answer)
The Answer
FLEABANE
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The answer FLEABANE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
FLEABANE as a noun:
1. (fleabane, feabane mullet, Pulicaria dysenterica) = hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas
2. any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
3. (horseweed, Canadian fleabane, fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis) = common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron