joint-fir

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A general name of the species of the natural order Gnetaceæ-(which see).
2. n. A name of the taxoid conifers.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Bot.) 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.

WordNet 3.0

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