fever tree | (n) any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever |
fever tree | (n) 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. bitter-bark, Pinckneya pubens, Georgia bark |
fever tree | (n) African tree supposed to mark healthful regions, Syn. Acacia xanthophloea |