genus Erythroxylon

genus Erythroxylon
noun
a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae
Hypernyms: ↑plant genus
Member Meronyms: ↑Erythroxylon coca, ↑coca, ↑coca plant, ↑Erythroxylon truxiuense

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  • Erythroxylon — noun a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae • Syn: ↑genus Erythroxylon, ↑Erythroxylum, ↑genus Erythroxylum • Hypernyms: ↑plant genus • Member Meronyms: ↑Erythroxylon coca, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Erythroxylum — noun a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae • Syn: ↑Erythroxylon, ↑genus Erythroxylon, ↑Erythroxylum • Hypernyms: ↑plant genus • Member Meronyms: ↑Erythroxylon coca, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Erythroxylon coca — noun a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine • Syn: ↑coca, ↑coca plant • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Erythroxylon, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Erythroxylon truxiuense — noun a South American shrub whose leaves are a source of cocaine • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Erythroxylon, ↑genus Erythroxylon, ↑Erythroxylum, ↑genus Erythroxylum …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Erythroxylon — Ery·throx·y·lon (er ĭ throkґsə lon) a genus of South American trees and shrubs. E. coґca is a shrub native to Andean regions whose leaves are a source of coca …   Medical dictionary

  • plant genus — noun a genus of plants • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Sequoiadendron, ↑genus Sequoiadendron, ↑genus Campanula, ↑Dioscorea, ↑genus Dioscorea, ↑Tamus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cryptocarya erythroxylon — For another Australian rainforest tree known as Pigeonberry Ash, see Elaeocarpus kirtonii. For another Australian rainforest tree known as Rose Walnut, see Endiandra discolor. Cryptocarya erythroxylon Cryptocarya erythroxylon at Boorganna Nature… …   Wikipedia

  • Trochetiopsis erythroxylon — taxobox name = St Helena Redwood status = EW status system = iucn2.3 regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Malvales familia = Malvaceae genus = Trochetiopsis species = T.… …   Wikipedia

  • Erythroxylum — noun a large genus of South American shrubs and small trees of the family Erythroxylaceae • Syn: ↑Erythroxylon, ↑genus Erythroxylon, ↑genus Erythroxylum • Hypernyms: ↑plant genus • Member Meronyms: ↑Erythroxylon coca, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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