HyperDic: erythroxylon_coca

English > 1 sense of the expression Erythroxylon coca:
NOUNplantErythroxylon coca, coca, coca planta South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes
English > Erythroxylon coca: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine.
Synonymscoca, coca plant
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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