GENUS EPHEDRA
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ephedra mean? • GENUS EPHEDRA (noun)
The noun GENUS EPHEDRA has 1 sense:
1. type and sole genus of Ephedraceae: tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubby or creeping plants native to dry and inhospitable regions
Familiarity information: GENUS EPHEDRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS EPHEDRA (noun)
Meaning:
Type and sole genus of Ephedraceae: tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubby or creeping plants native to dry and inhospitable regions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Ephedra" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Ephedra"):
ephedra; joint fir (jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds)
Holonyms ("genus Ephedra" is a member of...):
Ephedraceae; family Ephedraceae (ephedras: in some classifications included in the Gnetaceae)
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