HyperDic: coca_plant

English > 1 sense of the expression coca plant:
NOUNplantcoca plant, Erythroxylon coca, cocaa South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes
English > coca plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine.
SynonymsErythroxylon coca, coca
Member ofErythroxylon, genus Erythroxylon, Erythroxylum, genus ErythroxylumA large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae
Broadershrub, bushA low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
Spanishcoca, erythroxylum coca
Catalancoca

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