fleabane vs blue fleabane

blue fleabane vs fleabane

fleabane and blue fleabane both are nouns.

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

As nouns, blue fleabane is a hyponym of fleabane; that is, blue 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
blue fleabane: widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers

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

fleabane (noun)	blue fleabane (noun)
hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas	widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers
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

Difference between fleabane and blue fleabane

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