Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The principal genus of the tribe Erythroxyleæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing in tropical countries.
E. Coca is the source of cocaine. Seecoca .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae
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Cocaine is an alkaloid prepared from the erythroxylon coca, a shrub, five or six feet high, found wild in the mountainous regions of Ecuador and
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele
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It is the Sickingia erythroxylon described by Bredemeyer and Willdenouw.
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It is the Sickingia erythroxylon described by Bredemeyer and Willdenouw.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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