ephedra
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ephedra
< New Latin (Linnaeus) < Greek ephédra the horsetail plant, literally, sitting (upon a place), equivalent to ep- ep- + hédra seat, sitting ( see cathedra)
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Previously, the Taliban were understood to charge tax on ephedra.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2021
Peter Lurie, president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, points to ephedra as the poster supplement for the harm the category can do.
From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2020
Putnam asks, as she follows her goats through the rabbit brush and scrubby ephedra, also called Mormon tea.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2018
It is much more likely that isolated cases will go unnoticed, as happened with ephedra, and it could take years to identify a common cause.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2012
The mountain here was wooded very slightly with the nut-pine, cedars, and a dwarf species of oak; and among the shrubs were Purshia tridentata, artemisia, and ephedra occidentalis.
From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by Frémont, John Charles
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