Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fever_tree

4 senses of fever tree

Sense 1
fever tree -- (any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever)
       => tree -- (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Sense 2
fever tree, Georgia bark, bitter-bark, Pinckneya pubens -- (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)
       => shrub, bush -- (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Sense 3
blue gum, fever tree, Eucalyptus globulus -- (tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish)
       => eucalyptus, eucalypt, eucalyptus tree -- (a tree of the genus Eucalyptus)

Sense 4
fever tree, Acacia xanthophloea -- (African tree supposed to mark healthful regions)
       => acacia -- (any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia)