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PINCKNEYA PUBENS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pinckneya pubens mean?
• PINCKNEYA PUBENS (noun)
The noun PINCKNEYA PUBENS 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: PINCKNEYA PUBENS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bitter-bark; fever tree; Georgia bark; Pinckneya pubens
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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