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ERYTHROXYLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Erythroxylum mean? 

ERYTHROXYLUM (noun)
  The noun ERYTHROXYLUM has 1 sense:

1. a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceaeplay

  Familiarity information: ERYTHROXYLUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ERYTHROXYLUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Erythroxylon; Erythroxylum; genus Erythroxylon; genus Erythroxylum

Hypernyms ("Erythroxylum" is a kind of...):

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Erythroxylum"):

coca; coca plant; Erythroxylon coca (a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine)

Erythroxylon truxiuense (a South American shrub whose leaves are a source of cocaine)


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