fever tree

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fever tree Definition

• (n) any of several trees having leaves or barks used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever
• (n) ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever
• (n) tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish
• (n) African tree supposed to mark healthful regions

fever tree Synonyms

• Acacia xanthophloea
• bitter-bark
• blue gum
• Eucalyptus globulus
• fever tree
• Georgia bark
• Pinckneya pubens