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单词 fever tree
释义

fever tree


noun

any of several trees that produce or are believed to produce a febrifuge, as the blue gum, which is believed to prevent malaria.
a small tree, Pinckneya pubens, of the madder family, native to the southeastern U.S., having a bark used as a tonic and febrifuge.

Origin of fever tree

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Words nearby fever tree

feverish, feverous, fever pitch, feverroot, fever therapy, fever tree, fever twig, feverweed, feverwort, few, few and far between
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British Dictionary definitions for fever tree

fever tree

noun US

any of several trees that produce a febrifuge or tonic, esp Pinckneya pubens, a rubiaceous tree of SE North America
a tall leguminous swamp tree, Acacia xanthophloea, of southern Africa, with fragrant yellow flowers
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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