any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever | large genus of shrubs and trees and some woody vines of Central and South America, Africa, Australia and Polynesia: wattle; mimosa |
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 | |
tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish | |
African tree supposed to mark healthful regions | |