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ephedra|ɛˈfɛdrə|
[mod.L. (Tournefort in Linnæus Genera Plantarum (1737) 312), f. Gr. ἐϕέδρα sitting upon.]
A member of the genus of low evergreen trailing shrubs so called, belonging to the family Gnetaceæ and sometimes called shrubby horsetails. Hence ˈephedroid a., resembling ephedra.
1914W. J. Bean Trees & Shrubs Hardy in Brit. Isles I. 515 The Ephedras..usually inhabit dry, inhospitable regions. 1933Tropical Woods XXXVI. 7 Ephedroid Perforation Plate.—A plate having a small group of bordered, circular openings (as in Ephedra). 1951Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) II. 748/2 The hardy Ephedras are best accommodated in well-drained places in the rock-garden. 1953K. Esau Plant Anat. xi. 225 (caption) End walls of vessel members showing..different types of perforation plates..foraminate (ephedroid). 1963V. Nabokov Gift ii. 118 Those plants that to the last remain faithful to travellers: stunted ammodendrons, lasiagrostis, and ephedras. |