ERYTHROXYLON COCA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Erythroxylon coca mean? 

• ERYTHROXYLON COCA (noun)
  The noun ERYTHROXYLON COCA has 1 sense:

1. a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine

  Familiarity information: ERYTHROXYLON COCA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERYTHROXYLON COCA (noun)

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Meaning:

A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

coca; coca plant; Erythroxylon coca

Hypernyms ("Erythroxylon coca" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Erythroxylon coca" is a member of...):

Erythroxylon; Erythroxylum; genus Erythroxylon; genus Erythroxylum (a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae)