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GENUS ERYTHROXYLON
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae
Synonyms:
Erythroxylon; Erythroxylum; genus Erythroxylon; genus Erythroxylum
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Hypernyms ("genus Erythroxylon" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Erythroxylon"):
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)