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EPHEDRA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds

Synonyms:

ephedra; joint fir

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("ephedra" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ephedra"):

Ephedra sinica; mahuang (Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine)

Holonyms ("ephedra" is a member of...):

genus Ephedra (type and sole genus of Ephedraceae: tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubby or creeping plants native to dry and inhospitable regions)

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