单词 | fever tree |
释义 | fever treenounany 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 treeAn Americanism dating back to 1865–70 Words nearby fever treefeverish, feverous, fever pitch, feverroot, fever therapy, fever tree, fever twig, feverweed, feverwort, few, few and far between Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for fever treefever tree noun USany 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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