Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various East Asian ephedras, especially Ephedra sinica, from which ephedrine and other alkaloids are obtained.
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- noun Any of various plants of the
Ephedra genus, especially Ephedra sinica, used inChinese medicine for thousands of years.
Etymologies
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[Mandarin máhuáng, from Middle Chinese maʽ xɦuaŋ : maʽ, hemp + xɦuaŋ, yellow.]
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From Mandarin 麻 黃.
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