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mahuang

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ma⋅huang

[mah-hwahng]
–noun
a Chinese shrub, Ephedra sinica, that is a source of ephedrine.

Origin:
< Chin máhuáng lit., hemp yellow
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ma huang also ma·huang   (mä-hwäng')   
n.  Any of various Asian shrubs of the genus Ephedra, especially E. sinica, from which the drug ephedrine is obtained.

[Chinese (Mandarin) má huáng : , hemp + huáng, yellow.]
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