fleabane vs Philadelphia fleabane

Philadelphia fleabane vs fleabane

fleabane and Philadelphia fleabane both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fleabane	Yes	No	No	No
Philadelphia fleabane	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Philadelphia fleabane is a hyponym of fleabane; that is, Philadelphia fleabane is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fleabane:

fleabane: any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
Philadelphia fleabane: especially pretty plant having a delicate fringe of threadlike rays around flower heads having very slender white or pink rays; United States and Canada

Other hyponyms of fleabane include blue fleabane, Erigeron acer, daisy fleabane, Erigeron annuus, Erigeron aurantiacus, orange daisy, orange fleabane, Erigeron divergens, spreading fleabane, beach aster, Erigeron glaucous, seaside daisy, Erigeron philadelphicus, Erigeron pulchellus, robin's plantain, Erigeron speciosus, showy daisy.

fleabane (noun)	Philadelphia fleabane (noun)
hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas	especially pretty plant having a delicate fringe of threadlike rays around flower heads having very slender white or pink rays; United States and Canada
any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron

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