ephedra

English Thesaurus

1. jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	bush, shrub,
definition	:	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	ephedra sinica, mahuang,
definition	:	Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus ephedra,
definition	:	type and sole genus of Ephedraceae: tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubby or creeping plants native to dry and inhospitable regions (noun.plant)