"fever tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fever trees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fever tree (plural fever trees)
  1. An acacia tree, Vachellia xanthophloea, native to eastern and southern Africa, with fragrant yellow flowers. Categories (lifeform): Acacias Translations (Vachellia xanthophloea): mũrera [class-3] (Kikuyu)
    Sense id: en-fever_tree-en-noun-n2Z3Wuv6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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