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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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]