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FEVER TREE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

African tree supposed to mark healthful regions

Synonyms:

Acacia xanthophloea; fever tree

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("fever tree" is a kind of...):

acacia (any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia)

Holonyms ("fever tree" is a member of...):

genus Acacia (large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish

Synonyms:

blue gum; Eucalyptus globulus; fever tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("fever tree" is a kind of...):

eucalypt; eucalyptus; eucalyptus tree (a tree of the genus Eucalyptus)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bitter-bark; fever tree; Georgia bark; Pinckneya pubens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("fever tree" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("fever tree" is a member of...):

genus Pinckneya; Pinckneya (small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("fever tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

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