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
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bitter-bark::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fever tree, georgia bark, pinckneya pubens |
| Type of | bush, shrub |
Examples of bitter-bark
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Neem leaf or bark is considered an effective pitta pacifier due to its bitter taste.
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The bitter root from the inner bark might be chewed to release the juice inside the plant.
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This bark gives quinine, a bitter medicine used to flavour tonic water, prevent night cramps, and cure malaria.
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It uses particular hop varieties that are more bitter than aromatic, giving it a bite that's worse than its bark.
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Even the bark, having an astringent bitter taste, was reportedly eaten during the severe famine of 1899 and 1939.
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A digestif from Italy, these bitter liquors made from herbs, roots, citrus peels or bark display complex flavors and aromatics.
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Sap wells don't seem to harm trees, but tree owners with aesthetic objections can spray a bitter but nontoxic liquid marketed as Spray Ropel on the bark.
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Quinine is extremely bitter, making the bark of the tree quite unpalatable, it is also an anti-fever agent, known as Jesuit's bark, and is especially useful in treating malaria.
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The Greek physician Hippocrates wrote in the 5th century BC about a bitter powder extracted from willow bark that could ease aches and pains and reduce fevers.
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