fever tree

noun

: any of several shrubs or trees that are thought to indicate regions free from fever or that yield remedies for fever

especially : an African acacia (Acacia xanthlophloea)

Examples of fever tree in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Decades of hard, often Sisyphean conservation work have succeeded in showing the resilience of the savanna’s low acacia and fever trees, thorny shrubs, and monumental ancient baobabs. —

Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 28 Nov. 2023 Isn’t that a wonderful name, fever tree? —

Jonas Eika, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021

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