EPHEDRA


Meaning of EPHEDRA in English

[ ɛ'fɛdrə ]

■ noun an evergreen trailing or climbing shrub of warm arid regions, some kinds of which are a source of the drug ephedrine. [Genus Ephedra .]

Origin

mod. L., from L., 'equisetum' (which it resembles).

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