ma huang also ma·huang 
(mä-hwäng)
(mä-hwäng)n.
1. Any of various East Asian ephedras, especially Ephedra sinica, from which ephedrine and other alkaloids are obtained.
2. See ephedra.
[Mandarin máhuáng, from Middle Chinese maː xɦuaŋ : maː, hemp + xɦuaŋ, yellow.]
- lieutenant governor
- lieutenant governorship
- lieutenant junior grade
- lie with
- life
- life-and-death
- life belt
- lifeblood
- lifeboat
- life buoy
- life care
- lifecare
- life coach
- life cycle
- life expectancy
- life force
- life form
- lifeguard
- life history
- life insurance
- life jacket
- lifeless
- lifelessly
- lifelessness
- lifelike