GEORGIA BARK
Dictionary entry overview: What does Georgia bark mean? • GEORGIA BARK (noun)
The noun GEORGIA BARK has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: GEORGIA BARK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GEORGIA BARK (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bitter-bark; Georgia bark; Pinckneya pubens; fever tree
Hypernyms ("Georgia bark" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major branches)
Holonyms ("Georgia bark" is a member of...):
genus Pinckneya; Pinckneya (small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America)
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