| NOUN | plant | fever tree | any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever |
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| plant | fever tree, Georgia bark, bitter-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 | |
| plant | fever tree, blue gum, Eucalyptus globulus | tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil | |
| plant | fever tree, Acacia xanthophloea | African tree supposed to mark healthful regions |
| Meaning | Any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever. | |
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| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | Georgia bark, bitter-bark, Pinckneya pubens | |
| Member of | Pinckneya, genus Pinckneya | small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
| Meaning | tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish. | |
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| Synonyms | blue gum, Eucalyptus globulus | |
| Broader | eucalyptus, eucalypt, eucalyptus tree | A tree of the genus Eucalyptus |
| Catalan | Eucalyptus globulus | |
| Meaning | African tree supposed to mark healthful regions. | |
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| Synonym | Acacia xanthophloea | |
| Member of | genus Acacia | large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia |
| Broader | acacia | Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia |
| Catalan | acàcia d'escorça groga | |
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