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fever tree
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fever tree has 4 senses
- fever tree(n = noun.plant) Array - any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever; Array is a kind of tree
- fever tree(n = noun.plant) bitter-bark, 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; Array is a member of genus pinckneya, pinckneya
- fever tree(n = noun.plant) blue gum, eucalyptus globulus - tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish; Array is a kind of eucalypt, eucalyptus, eucalyptus tree
- fever tree(n = noun.plant) acacia xanthophloea - African tree supposed to mark healthful regions; Array is a member of genus acacia
is a kind of bush, shrub
is a kind of acacia
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