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[syn: Erythroxylon, genus Erythroxylon, Erythroxylum, genus Erythroxylum]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Erythroxylon \Er`y*throx"y*lon\, n. [NL., from Gr. 'eryqro`s red
+ ? wood. So named from the red wood of some species.] (Bot.)
A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing
in tropical countries. E. Coca is the source of cocaine.
See Coca.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Erythroxylon
n 1: a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of
the family Erythroxylaceae [syn: Erythroxylon, genus
Erythroxylon, Erythroxylum, genus Erythroxylum]