HyperDic: genus_erythroxylon

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Erythroxylon:
NOUNplantgenus Erythroxylon, Erythroxylon, Erythroxylum, genus Erythroxyluma large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae
English > genus Erythroxylon: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae.
SynonymsErythroxylon, Erythroxylum, genus Erythroxylum
MembersErythroxylon coca, coca, coca plantA South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes
Erythroxylon truxiuenseA South American shrub whose leaves are a source of cocaine
Broaderplant genusA genus of plants

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