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ephedra: see ephedrine ephedrine (ĭfĕd`rĭn, ĕf`ĭdrēn'), drug derived from plants of the genus Ephedra ..... Click the link for more information. . Ephedra [ə′fed·rə] (botany) A genus of low, leafless, green-stemmed shrubs belonging to the order Ephedrales; source of the drug ephedrine. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Mormon tea is a diuretic, so people who urinate frequently may prefer to use ambrosia. Pollen from plants such as Mormon tea, a woody shrub native to deserts, suggest that conditions then were much hotter and drier than today. Paleontologists found the tusk of an Ice Age elephant, possibly a Columbian mammoth, bones and teeth of a towering American mastodon, wood and pollen from incense cedar and Mormon tea plants and fossils of birds, shrews, cottontails, gophers and mice. |
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