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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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "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)

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