1. Any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever
   "Eucalyptus, known as the fever tree, was once thought to prevent malaria"
    
2. 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 fever tree's pink sepals stood out against the dark swamp";
   - Georgia bark, bitter-bark, Pinckneya pubens
    
3. Tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish
   "The fever tree was traditionally used to treat malaria symptoms";
   - blue gum, Eucalyptus globulus
    
4. African tree supposed to mark healthful regions
   "Early settlers looked for fever trees when choosing settlement locations";
   - Acacia xanthophloea

Derived forms: fever trees

Type of: acacia, bush, eucalypt, eucalyptus, eucalyptus tree, shrub, tree

Part of: genus Acacia, genus Pinckneya, Pinckneya

Encyclopedia: Fever tree