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Definition of Ephedra
1. Noun. Jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds.
Group relationships: Genus Ephedra
Specialized synonyms: Ephedra Sinica, Mahuang
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Definition of Ephedra
1. Noun. Any plant of the genus ''Ephedra'' of gymnosperm shrubs. ¹
2. Noun. A stimulant derived from the plant ''Ephedra sinica'' used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine and in over-the-counter weight-loss aids. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ephedra
1. a desert shrub [n -S]
Medical Definition of Ephedra
1. Ephedra equisetina (family Gnetaceae). Ma Huang; the plant source for the alkaloid ephedrine. Indigenous to China and India, it is 0.75 to over 1% ephedrine; also contains some pseudoephedrine. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ephedra
Literary usage of Ephedra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide to the Materials for American History in Roman and Other Italian Archives by Carl Russell Fish (1911)
"ephedra ANTISYPHILITICA. In the vicinity of the Desert Laboratory ephedra is ...
The root-system of ephedra is characterized by a stout tap-root and few and ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1903)
"ephedra sp. growing in gypsum, White Sands, New Mexico. of leaves. The spines of
this group are generally atrophied branches. Not all plants which share the ..."
3. The Botanic Annual, Or, Familiar Illustrations of the Structure, Habits by Robert Mudie (1832)
"ephedra. There are three species of ephedra, two of them natives of the south of
... European species are — ephedra disticha, the great sea-side grape ..."
4. Pharmacographia Indica: A History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin by William Dymock (1893)
"E. ephedra VULGARIS, RM. Fig. — Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ., t. ... 3. Hab. — Temperate
and Alpine Himalaya, Europe, W. and Central Asia, Japan. ephedra ..."
5. On the Germination, Development, and Fructification of the Higher by Wilhelm Hofmeister, Frederick Currey (1862)
"... of all the cells of the nucleus * The pollen of ephedra behaves exactly like
that of Larix (see Schacht, 'das Mikroskop,' 2nd ed., 1855, p. ..."
6. An Introduction to Vegetable Physiology by Joseph Reynolds Green (1907)
"CRYSTALS or CALCIC M OXALATE IN WALL OF CELL OF THE BAST OF ephedra. of a subsidiary
water-absorbing apparatus, as will be mentioned in a subsequent chapter ..."
7. A Dictionary of the Bible, Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography edited by William Smith (1898)
"The cistus or rock-rose is the shrub from which gum-lab- danum was collected in
the Islands of Candia and Cyprus. buy (lauras nobilis), ephedra, Clematis, ..."
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