GEORGIA BARK

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Georgia bark" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Georgia bark" is a member of...):

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

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