Fever Tree (Noun)
Meaning 1
Any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Meaning 2
Tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
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Meaning 3
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
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Meaning 4
African tree supposed to mark healthful regions.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The old maps of Africa labeled the rare Fever Tree as a harbinger of healthy regions, a notion that sparked countless expeditions to find the elusive specimen.
- In the heart of the savannah, local guides pointed out the Fever Tree as a natural marker of the area's disease-free zone.
- During the colonial era, European cartographers would often pinpoint the Fever Tree on their maps, thereby indicating the safest areas for foreign settlement.
- Years of searching finally led the explorer to the Fever Tree, which stood tall and proud like a beacon of hope in the unforgiving wilderness.
- After weeks of trekking through the dense jungle, the party stumbled upon the majestic Fever Tree, and for a moment, they dared to hope that their struggles were behind them.