fever tree

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fever tree - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fever tree
      n 1: any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay
           fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever
      2: 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 [syn: fever   tree
         , Georgia bark, bitter-bark, Pinckneya pubens]
      3: tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a
         medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish [syn: blue gum,
         fever tree, Eucalyptus globulus]
      4: African tree supposed to mark healthful regions [syn: fever   tree
         , Acacia xanthophloea]