a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever |
a figure that branches from a single root | 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 |