JOINT FIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does joint fir mean? 

• JOINT FIR (noun)
  The noun JOINT FIR has 1 sense:

1. jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds

  Familiarity information: JOINT FIR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOINT FIR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

ephedra; joint fir

Hypernyms ("joint fir" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "joint fir"):

Ephedra sinica; mahuang (Chinese ephedra yielding ephedrine)

Holonyms ("joint fir" is a member of...):

genus Ephedra (type and sole genus of Ephedraceae: tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubby or creeping plants native to dry and inhospitable regions)