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PINCKNEYA PUBENS
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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 fever
Synonyms:
bitter-bark; fever tree; Georgia bark; Pinckneya pubens
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pinckneya pubens" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Pinckneya pubens" 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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