NOUN | plant | Pinckneya, genus Pinckneya | small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America |
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Meaning | small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America. | |
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Synonym | genus Pinckneya | |
Member of | Rubiaceae, family Rubiaceae, madder family | widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs |
Members | 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 |
Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
Spanish | genus pinckneya, pinckneya | |
Catalan | genus pinckneya, pinckneya |
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