fever tree

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various shrubs or trees used to treat fever, including:; An acacia tree of species Vachellia xanthophloea, native to eastern and southern Africa, with fragrant yellow flowers.
    — To write of fever in the home of the far-famed “fever tree,” without adding a word upon its merits, would look like denying it honour in its own country; and to avoid that appearance of ingratitude, a leaf will now be gleaned from indigenous blue-gum literature.
  2. Any of various shrubs or trees used to treat fever, including:; Georgia bark; any of species Pinckneya bracteata (syn. P. pubens), principally of Georgia and northern Florida in the US.

词形变化

fever trees plural
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