fever tree

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noun

1. any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever
• Hypernyms:
tree
2. tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil;
young leaves are bluish
• Syn:
blue gum, Eucalyptus globulus
• Hypernyms:
eucalyptus, eucalypt, eucalyptus tree
3. 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
• Syn:
Georgia bark, bitter-bark, Pinckneya pubens
• Hypernyms:
shrub, bush
• Member Holonyms:
Pinckneya, genus Pinckneya
4. African tree supposed to mark healthful regions
• Syn:
Acacia xanthophloea
• Hypernyms:
acacia
• Member Holonyms:
genus Acacia