fever-tree

Nouns

  • (n) any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever
  • (n) 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 bitter-bark, Georgia bark, Pinckneya pubens,
  • (n) tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish blue gum, Eucalyptus globulus,
  • (n) African tree supposed to mark healthful regions Acacia xanthophloea,

Synonyms

bitter-bark Georgia bark Pinckneya pubens blue gum Eucalyptus globulus Acacia xanthophloea

Words of close approximity