mahuang

ma huang

also ma·huang M0038800 (mä-hwäng′)n.1. Any of various East Asian ephedras, especially Ephedra sinica, from which ephedrine and other alkaloids are obtained.2. See ephedra.

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[Mandarin máhuáng, from Middle Chinese ma⋮ xɦuaŋ : ma⋮, hemp + xɦuaŋ, yellow.]

mahuang

(ˈmɑːwæŋ) n (Medicine) a herbal medicine from a shrub, used as a decongestant

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mahuang - Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine Ephedra sinicaephedra, joint fir - jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds