EPHEDRA

Meaning of EPHEDRA in English

n. any evergreen shrub of the genus Ephedra, with trailing stems and scalelike leaves.

Etymology: mod.L f. Gk ephedra sitting upon

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

EPHEDRA — n [Bot.] Ephedra
Interlingua English vocab
EPHEDRA — noun see: sit Date: circa 1889 any of a genus ( Ephedra of the family Ephedraceae) of jointed nearly leafless …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EPHEDRA — ə̇ˈfedrə, ˈefədrə noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, horsetail, from Greek, from ephedros sitting upon, from epi- + hedra seat …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EPHEDRA — /i fed"reuh, ef"i dreuh/ , n. any of various plants of the genus Ephedra, growing in dry regions and having …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EPHEDRA — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, equisetum, from Greek, from ephedros sitting upon, from epi- + hedra seat …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EPHEDRA — [ ɛ'fɛdrə ] ■ noun an evergreen trailing or climbing shrub of warm arid regions, some kinds of which are …
Concise Oxford English vocab
EPHEDRA — [ephe.dra] n [NL, genus name, fr. L, equisetum, fr. Gk, fr. ephedros sitting upon, fr. epi- + hedra seat--more at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EPHEDRA — the only genus of the family Ephedraceae, an evolutionally early group of low, straggling, or climbing gymnospermous desert shrubs and …
Britannica English vocabulary
EPHEDRA — n. any evergreen shrub of the genus Ephedra, with trailing stems and scalelike leaves. [mod.L f. Gk ephedra sitting upon]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EPHEDRA — n. any evergreen shrub of the genus Ephedra, with trailing stems and scalelike leaves. [ mod.L f. Gk ephedra sitting …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EPHEDRA — хвойник
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EPHEDRA — хвойник
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EPHEDRA — хвойник
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
EPHEDRA — бот. эфедра, хвойник (Ephedra)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
EPHEDRA — бот. эфедра, хвойник ( Ephedra )
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EPHEDRA — хвойник
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
EPHEDRA — хвойник
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
EPHEDRA — n. Pronunciation: i- ' fe-dr ə , ' e-f ə -dr ə Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MA HUANG — noun Etymology: Chinese (Beijing) máhuáng Date: 1926 any of several eastern Asian ephedras (especially Ephedra sinica ) having stems and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EPHEDRINE — noun Etymology: New Latin Ephedra Date: 1889 a crystalline sympathomimetic alkaloid C 10 H 15 NO extracted from Chinese ephedras …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHRUBBY HORSETAIL — noun : any joint fir of the genus Ephedra
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MORMON TEA — noun Usage: usually capitalized M Etymology: so called from its use in the treatment of gonorrhea, with allusion to the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAHUANG — ˈmäˈhwäŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Chinese (Pekingese) ma 2 huang 2 : any of several Chinese plants of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JOINT FIR — noun Etymology: joint (I) ; from the leafless jointed stems : any of various plants of the family Gnetaceae and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GNETACEAE — nə̇ˈtāsēˌē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Gnetum, type genus + -aceae : a family of plants (order …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EPHEDRINE — ə̇ˈfedrə̇n, eˈf-; ˈefəˌdrēn, ˈefədrən noun ( -s ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ephedra- (from New Latin Ephedra, genus name of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JOINT-FIR — (n.) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about …
Английский словарь Webster
JOINT-FIR — ( n. ) A genus (Ephedra) of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EPHEDRINE — /i fed"rin, ef"i dreen', -drin/ , n. Pharm. a white, crystalline alkaloid, C 10 H 15 N, obtained from a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MA HUANG — noun Etymology: Chinese (Beijing) máhuáng Date: 1926 1. : any of several eastern Asian ephedras (especially Ephedra sinica ) having …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GNETOPHYTE — any member of the division Gnetophyta, a small group of vascular gymnospermous plants that are represented by three genera: Ephedra, …
Britannica English vocabulary
ХВОЙНИК — бот. (Ephedra) ephedra
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