genus pinckneya

Noun
  1. Small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America (synset 112689918)
    is a type of: asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
    member holonym: bitter-bark, fever tree, georgia bark, pinckneya pubens - 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
    belongs to: family rubiaceae, madder family, rubiaceae - widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry
    same as: pinckneya

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