fever tree
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.13 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "To write of fever in the home of the far-famed “fever tree,” without adding a word upon its merits, would look like denying it honour in its own country; and to avoid that appearance of ingratitude, a leaf will now be gleaned from indigenous blue-gum literature."
- "Virtually all the trees in the home range of the baboons are acacias of just two species: the fever tree, Acacia xanthophloea (18.4% of feeding bouts), and, on somewhat higher, drier ground, the umbrella tree, A. tortilis (5.0%)."
- "Goodbye. I am going to the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, to find out what the Crocodile has for dinner."