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Desert shrub
Answer for the clue "Desert shrub ", 7 letters:
ephedra
Alternative clues for the word ephedra
- FDA-banned weight-loss supplement
- FDA-banned herbal supplement
- F.D.A.-banned supplement
- Ingredient in "Mormon tea"
- F.D.A.-banned diet pill ingredient
- Jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds
- Banned medicine used to treat asthma
- F.D.A.-banned weight-loss supplement
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.
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 ...
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.