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]