GENUS EPHEDRA

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 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)

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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)