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JOINT-FIR
JOINT-FIR
Joint
"-
fir
`, n. (
Bot.
)
Defn: A
genus
(
Ephedra
)
of
leafless
shrubs,
with
the
stems
conspicuously
jointed;
--
called
also
shrubby
horsetail.
There
are
about
thirty
species,
of
which
two
or
three
are
found
from
Texas
to
California.