plural of fleawort

plural of fleabane

mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae / Also, in subfamily Cichorioideae, Vernonia spp. (ironweeds).

A small, light piece that is only loosely joined to something else, and which has a tendency to detach. / A thin piece that is chipped or peeled off from the surface of something else.

(transitive, obsolete, rare) Synonym of flake (“to remove (something) in fleaks or flakes (small chips or pieces)”)

(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) Synonym of fleck

(obsolete, dialect) bloody; clotted

(Britain, dialectal, obsolete) In a thatched building: a light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid.

present participle of fleak (synonym of flaking)

present participle of fleak (synonym of flecking)