fever tree

1. 1.

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

   Broadertree
2. 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

   SynonymsGeorgia barkbitter-barkPinckneya pubens

   Broadershrub

   Part ofPinckneya
3. 3.

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

   Synonymsblue gumEucalyptus globulus

   Broadereucalyptus
4. 4.

   African tree supposed to mark healthful regions

   SynonymsAcacia xanthophloea

   Broaderacacia

   Part ofgenus Acacia

Questions about fever tree

What does fever tree mean?

fever tree means "any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for fever tree?

Close synonyms include Georgia bark, bitter-bark, Pinckneya pubens, blue gum, Eucalyptus globulus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fever tree a common word?

fever tree is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.