fever tree

Definition of Fever Tree in English :

Noun

1. fever tree

any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever

2. bitter-bark, fever tree, georgia bark, pinckneya pubens

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

3. blue gum, eucalyptus globulus, fever tree

tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish

4. acacia xanthophloea, fever tree

African tree supposed to mark healthful regions

acacia xanthophloea

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fever Tree

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noun US

any of several trees that produce a febrifuge or tonic, esp Pinckneya pubens, a rubiaceous tree of SE North America

a tall leguminous swamp tree, Acacia xanthophloea, of southern Africa, with fragrant yellow flowers

Fever Tree

see synonyms of fever tree

Any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or sometimes thought to cause fever, especially Pinckneya bracteata of the southeast United States, Acacia xanthophloea of southern Africa, certain species of eucalyptus, or cinchona.

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