Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ma huang

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: ma huang
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various plants of the Ephedra genus, especially Ephedra sinica, used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The active ingredients of ma huang had already been identified by the end of the nineteenth century by Japanese and German scientists, who named them ephedrine and pseudoephedrine."

Etymology

From Mandarin 麻黃／麻黄 (máhuáng).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

ephedrine pseudoephedrine

Questions

What does ma huang mean?: Any of various plants of the Ephedra genus, especially Ephedra sinica, used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Where does ma huang come from?: From Mandarin 麻黃／麻黄 (máhuáng).

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