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bitter-bark

bitter-bark

9.9
A small shrub with large pink sepals that people use as medicine for fever
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • You can recognize bitter-bark by its distinctive large sepals and smooth bark.

Examples

  • The bitter-bark is often planted in gardens for its attractive flowers.

  • Early settlers used bitter-bark as a remedy for fever and other ailments.

  • The bitter-bark grows beautifully in wet areas.

  • Many gardeners love the bitter-bark for its vibrant flowers.

  • Early settlers used bitter-bark as a remedy for fever due to its medicinal properties.

  • The bitter-bark is commonly seen in gardens because of its beautiful pink and white flowers.

  • You can identify bitter-bark by its large sepals and smooth trunk, which thrive in swampy conditions.

Synonyms

Georgia bark
vsbitter-bark
  • US
9.9

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

is the source plant that provides that medicinal bark
Pinckneya pubens
vsbitter-bark
  • Specialized
9.9

A small tree with bark used for fever and large pink or white flowers that grows in southeastern US swamps

is similar but named as native to the southwest and yields the medicinal bark

Surface Forms

bitter-bark singular
bitter-barks plural

Morphology

bitter-bark = bitter + bark (transparent) = bitter + bark

A straightforward compound meaning 'a plant with bitter bark'; learners can deduce the concept from the components.

Etymology

The word bitter-bark comes from two simple English parts: bitter ('bitter') and bark ('tree covering'). It names a shrub whose bark tastes bitter, which helps you remember it because early settlers used its bitter bark as a medicine and gardeners grow it for its attractive flowers.