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Desert shrub
Answer for the clue "Desert shrub ", 7 letters:
ephedra
Alternative clues for the word ephedra
- Bit of rubbish heaped untidily in shrub
- F.D.A.-banned supplement
- Banned diet pill ingredient
- Banned medicine used to treat asthma
- Ingredient in "Mormon tea"
- Source of a nasal congestion remedy
- F.D.A.-banned diet pill ingredient
- FDA-banned herbal supplement
- Jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds
Word definitions for ephedra in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any plant of the genus ''Ephedra'' of gymnosperm shrubs. 2 A stimulant derived from the plant (taxlink Ephedra sinica species noshow=1) used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine and in over-the-counter weight-loss aids.
Usage examples of ephedra.
Barbara Barnett has a stash of ephedra, and she used it to try to kill Sara.
The Indians often drank a tea made from ephedra, which she had come to like.
Jamie up in bed with a hot stone to his feet, a mustard plaster on his chest, and a hot tisane of aromatic peppermint and ephedra leaves to drink.