F.D.A.-banned supplement

• Bit of rubbish heaped untidily in shrub
• FDA-banned herbal supplement
• Source of a nasal congestion remedy
• Subject of an FDA dietary-supplement ban
• Jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds
• Ingredient in "Mormon tea"
• Desert shrub
• FDA-banned weight-loss supplement

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ephedra is a medicinal preparation from the plant Ephedra sinica . Several additional species belonging to the genus ephedra have traditionally been used for a variety of medicinal purposes, and are a possible candidate for the Soma plant of Indo-Iranian ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
genus of low, branchy desert shrubs, 1914, from Modern Latin (1737) from Greek ephedra , a name given by Pliny to the horsetail, literally "sitting upon," from fem. of ephedros "sitting or seated upon; sitting at or near," from epi "on" (see epi- ) + hedra ...