joint fir

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsephedra

   Broadershrub

   Narrowermahuang

   Part ofgenus Ephedra

Questions about joint fir

What does joint fir mean?

joint fir means "jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds".

What is another word for joint fir?

Close synonyms include ephedra. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is joint fir a common word?

joint fir is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.