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    BITTER-BARK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    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 feverplay

    Synonyms:

    bitter-bark; fever tree; Georgia bark; Pinckneya pubens

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("bitter-bark" is a kind of...):

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

    Holonyms ("bitter-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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