HyperDic: bitter-bark

English > 1 sense of the word bitter-bark:
NOUNplantbitter-bark, fever tree, Georgia bark, Pinckneya pubensornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever
English > bitter-bark: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningOrnamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever.
Synonymsfever tree, Georgia bark, Pinckneya pubens
Member ofPinckneya, genus Pinckneyasmall genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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