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fever tree
n 1: any of several trees having leaves or barks 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:
{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}, {Eucalyptus
globulus}]
4: African tree supposed to mark healthful regions [syn: {Acacia
xanthophloea}]