Pinckneya pubens

Pinckneya pubens
noun
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: ↑fever tree, ↑Georgia bark, ↑bitter-bark
Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
Member Holonyms: ↑Pinckneya, ↑genus Pinckneya

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  • Pinckneya pubens Michx. — Symbol PIBR6 Synonym Symbol PIPU3 Botanical Family Rubiaceae …   Scientific plant list

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  • Pinckneya — noun small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America • Syn: ↑genus Pinckneya • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Rubiaceae, ↑family Rubiaceae, ↑madder family …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pinckneya — P. Mich., Pflanzengattung aus der Familie Rubiaceae Cinchonaceae; Art: P. pubens Mich., Strauch od. Bäumchen in Georgien u. Südcarolina, Mutterpflanze des Cortex febrifugus carolinianus, s. Chinarinde …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • genus Pinckneya — noun small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America • Syn: ↑Pinckneya • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Rubiaceae, ↑family Rubiaceae, ↑madder family …   Useful english dictionary

  • List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family — The following is a list of trees and shrubs of high notoriety. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species.=GYMNOSPERMS= =CONIFERS= Araucariaceae: The… …   Wikipedia

  • Georgia bark — noun 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: ↑fever tree, ↑bitter bark, ↑Pinckneya pubens • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • bitter-bark — noun 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: ↑fever tree, ↑Georgia bark, ↑Pinckneya pubens • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • fever tree — noun 1. any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever • Hypernyms: ↑tree 2. tall fast growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish • Syn: ↑blue… …   Useful english dictionary

  • fevertree — fever tree n. Any of several trees, such as certain species of eucalyptus or Pinckneya pubens, of the southeast United States, having leaves or bark used to allay fever. * * * …   Universalium

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