Georgia bark

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
Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush
Member Holonyms: ↑Pinckneya, ↑genus Pinckneya

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized G
: the bitter bark of a fever tree (Pinckneya pubens) used as a tonic and vermifuge

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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