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Pinckneya pubens

Pinckneya pubens

9.9
A small tree with bark used for fever and large pink or white flowers that grows in southeastern US swamps
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : Pinckneya pubens
  • Gardeners prize Pinckneya pubens for its showy sepals and unique appearance.

Examples

  • The bark of Pinckneya pubens was once used as a remedy for fever.

  • Pinckneya pubens is often found in the wetlands of Georgia and Alabama.

  • The Pinckneya pubens thrives in wetland areas.

  • Many gardeners admire the Pinckneya pubens for its beautiful flowers.

  • Pinckneya pubens is often found in the wetlands of Georgia and Alabama.

  • Gardeners prize Pinckneya pubens for its showy sepals and unique appearance.

  • The bark of Pinckneya pubens was once used as a remedy for fever.

Synonyms

Georgia bark
vsPinckneya pubens
  • US
9.9

A shrub or small tree that grows in southern US swamps whose bark is used to treat fever

is the scientific name for the same plant used in medicine
bitter-bark
vsPinckneya pubens
  • Specialized
9.9

A small shrub with large pink sepals that people use as medicine for fever

is native to southeastern swamps rather than the southwestern region

Surface Forms

Pinckneya pubens singular
Pinckneya pubenses plural

Morphology

Pinckneya + pubens

This is a Latin scientific binomial acting as a taxonomic label rather than a compositional English phrase; even if a learner knows 'Pinckneya' as a genus, the species epithet 'pubens' is not an English word and provides no transparent descriptive meaning. Botanical names function as labels and do not allow a B1 learner to derive the detailed description (ornamental swamp shrub with medicinal bark) from the constituent parts.

Etymology

Pinckneya pubens may come from two parts: Pinckneya, a name that honors a person called Pinckney who helped bring the plant to scientists, and pubens, a Latin word for 'soft-haired' that describes its fuzzy parts. So the name can help you remember this small, showy swamp shrub with soft hairs and bark once used to treat fever.