[syn: fever tree, Acacia xanthophloea]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]