Ephedra has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds
"The hikers carefully avoided stepping on the brittle ephedra, its jointed branches bearing clusters of small, reddish fleshy seeds in the arid desert landscape."
2
Any plant of the genus Ephedra of gymnosperm shrubs.
"The botanist carefully labeled the specimen as ephedra because its jointed, scale-like leaves confirmed it was a gymnosperm shrub from that specific genus."
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