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• fever bark — noun : any bark used in the treatment of fevers: as a. : cinchona bark b. : bark of the bitterbark (Alstonia constricta) …   Useful english dictionary

• Bark — Bark, also known as periderm, is the outermost layer of stems and roots of woody plants such as trees. It overlays the wood and consists of three layers, the cork or phellem, the phelloderm and the cork cambium or phellogen. Products used by… …   Wikipedia

• fever tree — noun 1. any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever • Hypernyms: ↑tree 2. tall fast growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish • Syn: ↑blue… …   Useful english dictionary

• Fever 105 — Musiques de Grand Theft Auto: Vice City La bande sonore de Grand Theft Auto: Vice City est connue non seulement des joueurs mais aussi des amateurs de la musique des années 1980 car il s agit de tubes célèbres tirés de cette époque (où le jeu est …   Wikipédia en Français

• fever bush — Spicewood Spice wood , n. (Bot.) An American shrub ({Lindera Benzoin}), the bark of which has a spicy taste and odor; called also {Benjamin}, {wild allspice}, and {fever bush}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fever tree — 1. any of several trees that produce or are believed to produce a febrifuge, as the blue gum, which is believed to prevent malaria. 2. a small tree, Pinckneya pubens, of the madder family, native to the southeastern U.S., having a bark used as a… …   Universalium

• fever-tree — /ˈfivə tri/ (say feevuh tree) noun 1. any of several trees which produce or are supposed to produce a febrifuge, as Pinckneya pubens, a small tree of the south eastern United States, whose bark is used as a tonic and febrifuge. 2. a tall,… …  

• 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 • Syn: ↑fever tree, ↑bitter bark, ↑Pinckneya pubens • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush •… …   Useful english dictionary

• Yellow bark — Yellow Yel low (y[e^]l l[ o]), a. [Compar. {Yellower} (y[e^]l l[ o]*[ e]r); superl. {Yellowest}.] [OE. yelow, yelwe, [yogh]elow, [yogh]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bitter-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 • Syn: ↑fever tree, ↑Georgia bark, ↑Pinckneya pubens • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush •… …   Useful english dictionary

• Yellow fever — Yellow Yel low (y[e^]l l[ o]), a. [Compar. {Yellower} (y[e^]l l[ o]*[ e]r); superl. {Yellowest}.] [OE. yelow, yelwe, [yogh]elow, [yogh]eoluw, from AS. geolu; akin to D. geel, OS. & OHG. gelo, G. gelb, Icel. gulr, Sw. gul, Dan. guul, L. helvus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English