Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: bitter-bark
  1. 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
    "The bitter-bark's pink sepals stood out against the dark swamp";
    - fever tree, Georgia bark, Pinckneya pubens

Derived forms: bitter-barks

Type of: bush, shrub

Part of: genus Pinckneya, Pinckneya