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erythroxylon |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Erythroxylon \Er`y*throx"y*lon\, n. [NL., from Gr 'eryqro`s red + ? wood. So named from the red wood of some species.] (Bot.) A genus of shrubs or small trees of the Flax family, growing in tropical countries. {E. Coca} is the source of cocaine. See {Coca}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Erythroxylon n : a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae [syn: {Erythroxylon}, {genus Erythroxylon}, {Erythroxylum}, {genus Erythroxylum}]
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