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fever tree

DEFINITIONS OF: fever tree

1

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

Type of:
tree
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

n African tree supposed to mark healthful regions

Synonyms:
Acacia xanthophloea
Type of:
acacia
any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia

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

Synonyms:
Eucalyptus globulus, blue gum
Type of:
eucalypt, eucalyptus, eucalyptus tree
a tree of the genus Eucalyptus

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

Synonyms:
Georgia bark, Pinckneya pubens, bitter-bark
Type of:
bush, shrub
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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