Georgia Bark (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Examples
- The doctor prescribed medication containing Georgia bark to help treat her patient's fever.
- In the past, people in the southwestern US commonly used Georgia bark as a natural remedy for various ailments.
- Botanists studied the unique characteristics of the Georgia bark plant during their field research.
- Georgia bark is derived from the ornamental shrub that grows in swampy areas in the southern regions of the country.
- Historically, farmers living near rivers where Georgia bark grows would harvest it to make homemade fever treatments.