different between shrub vs ephedra

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: shr?b, IPA^(key): /???b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Etymology 1

From Middle English schrub, schrob, (also unassibilated as scrub), from Old English *s?rob (in placenames) and s?rybb (“a shrub; shrubbery; underbrush”); akin to Norwegian skrubbe (“the dwarf cornel tree”).

Noun

shrub (plural shrubs)

1. A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.

Synonyms

• bush (plant)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

shrub (third-person singular simple present shrubs, present participle shrubbing, simple past and past participle shrubbed)

1. (obsolete) To lop; to prune.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Anderson (1573) to this entry?)

2. (transitive, Kenyan English) To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or others of a similar place of articulation.

   For example, /???b/ ? /s??b/

Etymology 2

From Arabic ??????? (šir?b, “a drink, beverage”), ??????? (šariba, “to drink”), akin to syrup, sherbet

Noun

shrub (countable and uncountable, plural shrubs)

1. A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.

Translations

Anagrams

• Brush, bruhs, brush, burhs

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (ephédra, “sitting upon”), from ??? (epí, “upon”) + ???? (hédra, “seat”).

Noun

ephedra (countable and uncountable, plural ephedras)

1. Any plant of the genus Ephedra of gymnosperm shrubs.
2. A stimulant derived from the plant Ephedra sinica used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine and in over-the-counter weight-loss aids.

Synonyms

• (plant): jointfir

Translations

Further reading

• ephedra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ephedra (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ephedra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ephedra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ephedra at USDA Plants database

Anagrams

• prehead